Steven Spielberg's Cold War spy thriller will start filming in September.
Highlights
- Amy Ryan, M.A.S.H alumnus Alan Alda, Billy Magnussen and rock star Bono's daughter Eve Hewson have joined Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Cold War spy thriller.
- The film will start shooting in September in Berlin and New York with Fox and DreamWorks co-financing.
- The US release has been set for October 16, 2015, reported Variety.
- Joel and Ethan Coen are writing the script for the project which is based on the true story of James Donovan, which will be portayed by Mr Hanks.
- James Donovan was the American attorney enlisted by the CIA during the Cold War to surreptitiously negotiate the 1962 release of Francis Gary Powers, the U2 spy plane pilot who had been shot down over Russia two years earlier.
- Amy will play the James Donovan's wife. Mr Spielberg and Mr Hanks have previously worked together on Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal.
Amy Ryan,
M.A.S.H alumnus Alan Alda, Billy Magnussen and rock star Bono's daughter Eve Hewson have joined Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Cold War spy thriller.
The film will start shooting in September in Berlin and New York with Fox and DreamWorks co-financing. (Also read:
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The US release has been set for October 16, 2015, reported Variety.
Joel and Ethan Coen are writing the script for the project which is based on the true story of James Donovan, which will be portayed by Mr Hanks.
James Donovan was the American attorney enlisted by the CIA during the Cold War to surreptitiously negotiate the 1962 release of Francis Gary Powers, the U2 spy plane pilot who had been shot down over Russia two years earlier.
Amy will play the James Donovan's wife. Mr Spielberg and Mr Hanks have previously worked together on
Saving Private Ryan,
Catch Me If You Can and
The Terminal. (Also read:
Tom Hanks prepares to reunite with director Steven Spielberg)