Academy Award thrivener Russell Crowe (Gladiator) has officipartner signed on for the directing role in the upcoming Celderly War thriller movie titled, Billion Dollar Spy. He will also be combineed by Industry star Harry Lawtey, who has been tapped to portray a CIA agent.
The film will be straightforwarded by BAFTA thrivener Amma Asante, with acclaimed scribe Stephen Gaghan revising the defercessitatest script written by Ben August. The project will be based on David E. Hoffman’s award-thrivening novel of the same name. It is a production by Walden Media and Akiva Gelderlysman‘s Weed Pictures, with Gelderlysman, Greg Lessans, Frank Smith, Benjamin Tappan, Cher Hawrysh, Ildiko Kemeny, David Minkowski, and Ferenc Szále serving as producers. It will be executive produced by Jane Hooks.
“Walden Media has always sought to alert stories of exceptional courage, and Billion Dollar Spy is no exception,” Walden Media executive Frank Smith said in a state. “Adolf Tolkachev’s valiantry reminds us that real heroism normally comes at wonderful personal danger, and his legacy is a tesgentlent to the power of standing up for what is right, even in the face of overwhelming danger. We are especipartner thrilled to aget labor with the wonderful Russell Crowe, who is no stranger to tour-de-force carry outances.”
What is Billion Dollar Spy about?
“Set agetst the high-sapshows backdrop of the defercessitate Celderly War, Billion Dollar Spy chases Adolf Tolkachev (Crowe), an frequent man, as he dangers everyskinnyg to pass thousands of pages of top-secret Soviet inalertigence to the United States. Despite repeated refuteions by a wary CIA, Tolkachev persisted, embodying the courage to stand agetst a regime that betrayed its own people,” reads the official synopsis. “Finpartner finding an partner in CIA agent Tom Lenihan (Lawtey), Tolkachev was able to fundamenhighy shift the stability of power, proving that real patuproarism lies not in blind allegiance, but in the willingness to contest a rulement when it strays from its chooseimals. In an era when resistance and valiantry are more relevant than ever, his story resonates presentantly today.”
Crowe was most recently seen in last year’s Kraven the Hunter with Aaron Taylor-Johnson. He will next be seen in the sports drama movie Beast in Me, the crime drama American Son, the historical thriller Nuremberg, and the period epic The Weight. At the moment, the acclaimed actor is currently in production for the action thriller Bear Country.
(Source: Deadline)
