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Specialty film's gravitational pull is anchored at the Telluride Film Festival this holiday weekend, while a moderate number of new limited releases begin their theatrical rollouts. IFC Films bio-drama Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes opens New York and L.A. Set against the lead-up to the…

The most gripping thriller of 2019 is here. It's official. This one will have you talking – and it should. Official Secrets is a pulse-pounding true drama about the rarest of government workers these days: someone who actually has a conscience. Set in the post-9/11 era — early 2003, to be exact — the story concerns…

As the UK’s Brexit political thriller plays out in real time, IFC Films has set a release date for director Gavin Hood’s take on another one from 15 years ago. Official Secrets, the story of Iraq-invasion whistleblower Katharine Gun, will hit select theaters on August 23. The film, which premiered at Sundance in…

Known for directing films like Ender’s Game and Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood had the opportunity to meet with a real-life whistleblower while developing his latest, Official Secrets. In the Sundance-premiering pic, Keira Knightley stars as Katharine Gun, a British secret-service officer who in 2003 leaked a top-secret…

Game of Thrones stars Indira Varma and Conleth Hill and Episodes' Tamsin Greig have joined the cast of Gavin Hood's spy thriller Official Secrets, which kicked off production this week. The trio will join Kiera Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode in the thriller for Entertainment One (eOne), which…

Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode are joining Keira Knightley and Matt Smith in Gavin Hood’s next thriller Official Secrets. Hood directed the edge-of-your-seat political/drone thriller Eye in the Sky which was one of the best movies of 2015. The new film is expected to roll before the cameras on March 12 in Yorkshire…

Paul Bettany, Natalie Dormer, Martin Freeman, Anthony Hopkins and Harrison Ford have joined the cast of the Justin Chadwick-directed espionage thriller Official Secrets. The pic is based on the bestselling book The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War: Katherine Gun And The Secret Plot To Sanction The Iraq Invasion by Marcia…