Major photos have begun in Walden Media and Weed Road Pictures Cold War thriller in Hungary Billion dollar spy Director Amma Asante, Tony Goldwyn, Rufus Swell and Justin Theroux have joined Russell Crowe on the cast.
Hanway films handle international sales, and CAA Media Finance represents US rights.
The true story of Soviet spy spy Adolf Tolkachev Star has previously been announced in the lead of Crow. Harry Rotey is Moscow-based CIA handler Tom Lenihan, Tolkachev’s wife Natasha, and Willa Fitzgerald as Lenihan’s wife. May.
BAFTA winner Asante, which is included in his directorial credits Bell and How to livedirected by Oscar winner Stephen Gagan, based on an adapted script by Ben August and a non-fiction book by David E. Hoffman on Tolkachev.
Goldwyn portrays Burton Gerber, an officer in the CIA case, Sewell plays Gus Hathaway, the CIA Moscow Bureau Chief Gas Hathaway, and Therow is Van Spencer, the CIA case officer. Additionally, Tennyson Krow joins Tolkachev’s son Sasha Tolkachev.
Tolkachev was one of the most valuable assets of the CIA during the Cold War. Disillusioned with the Soviet regime, he risked his life and handed over thousands of pages of top-secret information to the United States. A portrait of Tolkachev, a spy camera in hand, still hangs down at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. There, it is the only non-American portrait on the premises.
Frank Smith, Benjamin Tappan and Walden Media’s Cher Holisch are produced alongside Akiba Goldman and Greg Lessan from Weed Road Photography. Jane Hook and Naekkkukhov are executive producers. Ildiko Kemeny, David Minkowski and Ferens Zare of Pioneer Stillking Films will be co-producers.
“Under Amma’s direction, we are confident that the cast of this extraordinary actor will provide a performance that will give justice to David Hoffman’s Rivet book and Tolkachev’s incredible act of courage,” said Walden’s media president and CEO.
“We look forward to sharing more news with Cannes buyers while such an exciting project with the incredible team behind it is finally making,” said Gabriel Stewart, CEO of Hanway Films.
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