Paul Mescal To Lead Lead Spy Thriller ‘A Spy By Nature’ — AFM – Deadline

HanWay Movies is launching worldwide gross sales on A Spy By Nature, a thriller starring Paul Mescal (Regular Individuals) at AFM subsequent month. CAA is co-repping home rights.

The movie is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Mauritanian) and is an adaptation of the primary novel in Charles Cumming’s bestselling Alec Milius spy collection tailored for the display screen by John Hodge (Trainspotting), with the newest draft by Joseph Charlton (Trade). 

The pic follows Alec Milius, a disillusioned twenty-something whose reward for deception catches the attention of MI6. Caught up within the thrusts of a geopolitical conflict on commodities involving the British and the People, at dwelling he struggles to protect his relationship together with his girlfriend and construct a future collectively. As his internet of lies grows, Alec is compelled to confront his personal nature – whether or not he could be a good man in addition to spy.

The movie is produced by Chris Clark (All of the Cash within the World, Calvary, Legend) and Quentin Curtis (All of the Cash within the World, Legend). Government producers are HanWay Movies and Ingenious Media who developed the challenge along with the producers.

“I’ve wished to make A Spy By Nature for a few years – and after I met Paul Mescal, together with his beguiling combination of intelligence, talent, and youth, I knew I’d discovered the proper star,” Macdonald stated. “This can be a very trendy spy story – horny, harmful, morally ambivalent – and solely an actor of Paul’s expertise may pull it off.”

The movie was produced by Chris Clark for RedRum Movies and Quentin Curtis. It was developed by HanWay Movies and Ingenious Media with growth funding from the British Movie Institute.

HanWay Movies CEO Gabrielle Stewart added: “Paul Mescal feels just like the actor of the second, so to have him crew up with Kevin Macdonald to convey to the display screen the compelling origins story of common younger spy Alec Milius is extraordinarily thrilling. We love the recent setting of millennial up to date London and the modernity of the characters and their relationships. I really feel assured we’ll all wish to revisit this younger spy in his subsequent journey with what might be the start of an thrilling new franchise”

Paul Mescal is repped by the Curtis Brown Group, CAA, and Public Eye Communications.