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EXCLUSIVE: Father/son duo Craig T. Nelson and Noah Nelson have partnered with nascent producer Landmark Studio Group to develop spy thriller The Operative, loosely based on Harvey Gomberg's book Code Name Stinger. Noah Nelson, who has written on shows including Hawaii Five-0 and Secrets and Lies, has created the…

The UK Jewish Film Festival (November 6 – 21) has revealed its 2019 lineup, including galas for Taika Waititi’s Nazi satire JoJo Rabbit and Diane Kruger thriller The Operative. Toronto Audience Award winner JoJo Rabbit, about a young boy in Hitler’s army who finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home…

This is a packed weekend for new specialty rollouts, one of the most crowded of the summer. Neon/Topic Studios is opening writer-director Julius Onah's drama Luce with New York and L.A. runs in its opening frame. The company picked up the title starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Octavia Spencer and Kelvin Harrison Jr…

EXCLUSIVE: The Operative is heading for U.S. movie screens after Vertical Entertainment acquired North American rights to the spy thriller toplined by Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar. A third-quarter 2019 release is being eyed for the pic, which world premiered in February out of competition at the Berlin…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first trailer for Berlin Film Festival premiere The Day After I’m Gone from Israel’s Spiro Films, the local producer of critical hit Foxtrot and fellow Berlin Film Festival movie The Operative, starring Diane Kruger. Paris-based sales outfit Luxbox is handling sales at the EFM on the drama about…

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Freeman, last seen in the Disney/Marvel blockbuster Black Panther, will star opposite Diane Kruger in the espionage-thriller, The Operative, from director Yuval Adler. Endeavor Content is handling U.S. sales while Bloom will continue to sell the foreign rights in Cannes. The film follows Rachel…

Diane Kruger and Eric Bana are in talks to star in The Operative, an espionage thriller written and to be directed by Yuval Adler. The pic will be introduced to buyers next week at the kickoff of the European Film Market in Berlin, with Endeavor Content handling U.S. sales and Bloom repping international. Adapted from…