Lionsgate has released five first look images from director Dominic Cooke’s upcoming spy thriller The Courier . The film is based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a British Businessman who was recruited by MI6 to act as a courier to transport information crucial to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis and features a cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, and Jessie Buckley; take a look here…
THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Courier is set for release on March 19th.
