VIDEO : Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks Team Up

Two of the most celebrated actors of their generation, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, will star together for the first time in a new Steven Spielberg political drama "The Post." The film will focus on the Washington Post's publication of the 1971 Pentagon Papers, which made headlines around the world when the newspaper's editor and publisher challenged the U.S. federal government over their right to publish them. According to Variety, two time Oscar winner Hanks will play the editor, Ben Bradlee, while triple Oscar winner Streep will take on the role of the publisher, Kay Graham.