Signature Entertainment has released a UK trailer for the biographical thriller Mr. Jones. Directed by Agnieszka Holland, the film tell the true story of journalist Gareth Jones (James Norton), who in 1933 uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine which led to the death of almost 10 million people. Joining Norton in the cast is Vanessa Kirby and Peter Sarsgaard; watch it here…
1933. Gareth Jones (James Norton, Happy Valley, McMafia) is an ambitious Welsh journalist who gained fame after his report on being the first foreign journalist to fly with Hitler. On leaving a government role, Jones decides to travel to Moscow in an attempt to get an interview with Stalin himself.
Hearing murmurs of government-induced famine, Jones travels clandestinely to Ukraine, where he witnesses the atrocities of man-made starvation. Deported back to London, Jones publishes an article revealing the horrors he witnessed but is accused of being a liar by those who have an interest in silencing him. As the death count mounts, Jones has to fight for the truth…
Mr. Jones is slated for release in early 2020.
