Emmy winners Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan star in Lionsgate’s “The Courier,” which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival under the title “Ironbark.” The film was originally supposed to make its grand debut this February, which would have made it eligible for the current Oscar season. However, Lionsgate announced this week it’s been pushed back to March 19, so we won’t see it contend until the 2022 Oscars.
The film tells the story of real-life British businessman Greville Wynne, who operated as a courier during the Cold War and helped put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cumberbatch plays Wynne while Brosnahan plays Emily Donovan, who is in charge of the operation and one of the few women working as a CIA agent in the 1960s.
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The film tells the story of real-life British businessman Greville Wynne, who operated as a courier during the Cold War and helped put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cumberbatch plays Wynne while Brosnahan plays Emily Donovan, who is in charge of the operation and one of the few women working as a CIA agent in the 1960s.
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- 1/29/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Rachel Brosnahan, most recently known for her Golden Globe and Emmy winning performance on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel series, is set to co-star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Cold War drama, Ironbark. On Chesil Beach helmer Dominic Cooke is on board to direct the feature from a screenplay by The Hitman’s Bodyguard scribe Tom O’Connor.
The pic is based on the true story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), a British businessman who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky, provided the crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Brosnahan, who was last seen on the big screen in Patriots Day with Mark Wahlberg, will play Emily Donovan, the brilliant, determined CIA agent who runs Wynne and Penkovsky’s espionage operation.
Ironbark is being produced by Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42 alongside SunnyMarch’s Adam Ackland,...
The pic is based on the true story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), a British businessman who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky, provided the crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Brosnahan, who was last seen on the big screen in Patriots Day with Mark Wahlberg, will play Emily Donovan, the brilliant, determined CIA agent who runs Wynne and Penkovsky’s espionage operation.
Ironbark is being produced by Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42 alongside SunnyMarch’s Adam Ackland,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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