- Original name: The Billion Dollar Spy
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: thriller, drama, biography
- Producer: A. Asante
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: M. Mikkelsen, A. Hammer and others.
Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer will star in the Cold War thriller The Billion Dollar Spy, based on true events. The actors will play a Soviet engineer and his CIA curator who risked their lives to end the Cold War. A trailer and release date for the film is expected in 2021.
Plot
The true story of the man who became the Pentagon's most valuable spy in the final years of the Cold War.
Official synopsis:
Brad Read had just arrived at the Moscow office of the CIA when he was approached by Soviet engineer Adolf Tolkachev. Ignoring the advice from his superiors that Tolkachev is an obvious "dummy," Reid befriends a Russian who apparently only wants to help his family avoid corruption in the Soviet Union. Reed's faith in Tolkachev is rewarded when he hands over a treasure trove of military secrets from classic Cold War spy ships. This earns Tolkachev the nickname "The Billion Dollar Spy" and changes the balance of power between East and West. But their success in evading the KGB comes at a cost to both men, as well as their marriages to their wives Tina and Natasha, who struggle with the daily paranoia of being caught.
Production
Director - Amma Asante (Where Hands Touch, The Handmaid's Tale, Mrs. America).
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Benjamin August ("Remember," "Cool Rank"), David E. Hoffman ("The Eighties");
- Producers: Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, Knockdown, I Am Legend, Time to Kill, Constantine: Lord of Darkness), Gregory Lessans (Bachelor Party in New Orleans, My Best Friend's Girlfriend) ...
- Walden media
- Weed Road Pictures
Actors
Leading roles:
- Mads Mikkelsen (Social Network, Hotel Mumbai: Confrontation, Agents of ANKL, Call Me by Your Name, Gender);
- Armie Hammer ("The Hunt", "Casino Royale", "Adam's Apples", "Royal Affair", "Doctor Strange").
Interesting Facts
Did you know:
- The Million Dollar Spy (2021) was developed and produced by Walden Media.
- CAA Media Finance and Endeavor Content are responsible for distributing the picture in the United States. The executive producer will be Walden Media President and CEO Frank Smee and Naya Kukukov, Executive Vice President Development and Production.
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