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The Debt Movie Poster
Focus Features has released the brand new poster for their upcoming espionage thriller The Debt starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Tom Wilkinson.
Second The Debt Trailer
Today we have the second trailer for Focus Features’ upcoming espionage thriller The Debt, starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington.
Story: The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Academy Award winner Helen Mirren) and Stefan (two-time Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds of Focus’ “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day”).
The Debt Trailer
Miramax Films has released the trailer for the upcoming thriller The Debt, directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) and starring Sam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson.
In the film, in 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the Nazi has surfaced in the Ukraine and one of the former agents must go back undercover to seek out the truth.
Helen Mirren to star in John Madden’s “Debt”
Miramax has tapped Helen Mirren to play a Mossad agent in “The Debt” which will be directed by John Madden.
Miramax acquired worldwide rights to “The Debt,” an English-language remake of Israeli thriller “Ha-hov” directed by Assaf Bernstein, about three Israeli Mossad agents tracking down a Nazi war criminal over 30 years, in April.
Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman (“Stardust” co-writer) and Peter Straughan will pen the script.
“Helen Mirren is the perfect choice for the central role – a national celebrity and retired Mossad agent, a formidable and dignified woman grappling with years of emotional disappointment, suddenly confronted by a powerful and unexpected choice,”
said Madden.
Filming is set to start next year in the U.K., Germany and Israel.
Matthew Vaughn to Remake Israeli Thriller ‘The Debt’
Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman‘s remake script for Israeli thriller “The Debt” has been picked up by Miramax.The story follows three Mossad agents who chase a Nazi war criminal across Europe 20 years after the Second World War has ended.
Vaughn has previously directed Layer Cake and Stardust, as well as producing Guy Ritchie‘s early films. He is currently attached to direct Thor for Marvel Studios and Kick-Ass, based on Mark Millar‘s comic series.
He will reportedly produce but not helm The Debt. Several directors are said to be interested in the project.
Goldman, the wife of TV presenter Jonathan Ross, co-wrote Stardust with Vaughn.
