StudioCanal and Working Title have announced that Brendan Fraser has joined Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) in the cast of Pressure, a new World War II drama from director Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai).
Written by Maras and Olivier Award-winner Davis Haig and based upon Haig’s critically lauded play, Pressure will detail the true story of the three-day run-up to D-Day, with Fraser portraying Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, and Scott as Britain’s chief chief meteorological officer James Stagg. The official synopsis reads:
In the seventy-two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element – the British weather.
Britain’s chief meteorological officer James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is called upon to deliver the most consequential forecast in history, locking him into a tense standoff with the entire Allied leadership. The wrong conditions could devastate the largest ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on.
With only his trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby to confide in, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision rests with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser).
With only hours to go, the fate of the war and the lives of millions hang in the balance.
Filming on Pressure is set to get underway in the UK in September.
