Harrison Ford,
Natalie Dormer, and Paul Bettany have joined Anthony Hopkins in Justin
Chadwick's upcoming thriller, Official Secrets.
Based on Marcia and
Thomas Mitchell's best-selling book titled The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War:
Katherine Gun and The Secret Plot To Sanction The Iraq Invasion, Official
Secrets is set in the run up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and follows Katharine Gun
(Dormer), a young British intelligence officer who reveals a secret illegal NSA spy
operation against the UN Security Council designed to ensure passage of a
resolution for war to Martin Bright (Bettany) a reporter at the British
newspaper, The London Observer. Katharine’s arrest following the leak makes
headlines around the world. In an attempt to gain the evidence to free
Katharine, Martin unearths the shocking plot which puts both Katharine and Martin’s
lives in great jeopardy. Freeman will be playing Peter Edwards, the foreign
affairs editor at The Observer, while Hopkins is playing a retired UK general,
and Ford, a CIA agent.
Chadwick's credits
include The Other Boleyn Girl starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson,
The First Grader starring Naomie Harris, Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom
starring Harris and Idris Elba, and he recently wrapped Tulip Fever starring
Alicia Vikander, Cara Delevingne, Christoph Waltz, Jack O'Connell, Holliday
Grainger, Zach Galifianakis, Judy Dench, and Dane DeHaan.
Official Secrets is
schedule to begin filming in May in the U.K.
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