PRODUZIONE Regno Unito / Stati Uniti
Il nuovo film di Dominic Cooke, The Courier, entra in produzione
- Le riprese del dramma sulla Guerra Fredda sono cominciate lunedì a Londra e dovrebbero durare fino al 7 dicembre
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London-born film and theatre director Dominic Cooke is now working on the set of The Courier [+leggi anche:
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Cooke has a stellar cast lined up for The Courier. Benedict Cumberbatch will play the role of Greville Wynne, an MI6 spy who helped the CIA to gain access to information on the Soviet nuclear programme during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Colonel Oleg Penkovsky (codenamed “Ironbark”), provided the crucial intelligence that ended the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michael Pearce
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intervista: Alan Rickman
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intervista: Kornél Mundruczó
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intervista: Irakli Kvirikadze
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The Courier is being produced by Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken for British outfit 42, Adam Ackland for the UK’s SunnyMarch, and Ben Browning for New York-based production and distribution firm FilmNation Entertainment. Director Dominic Cooke, lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch and screenwriter Tom O’Connor will executive-produce with Josh Varney from 42 and Leah Clarke from SunnyMarch. The shoot is expected to wrap on 7 December.
The Courier will be released in 2019. UTA Independent Film Group will handle US sales, while European firms Film & TV House (UK) and GEM Entertainment (Hungary) will be in charge of its distribution in the rest of the world.
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