Sherlock and Black Panther star Martin Freeman has signed on to star alongside Diane Kruger in director Yuval Adler’s spy thriller The Operative, Deadline has revealed.
Based on former Israeli intelligence officer Yiftach Reicher Atir’s bestselling novel, the film will see Kruger as Rachel, “”a rogue spy from Israel’s feared national intelligence force Mossad, who vanishes without a trace while attending her father’s funeral in London. The only clue to her whereabouts is a cryptic phone call she places to her former handler Thomas, who is then summoned from Germany to Israel by Mossad. With Rachel’s life immersed in her assignments as part of a vast espionage effort against Iran’s nuclear program, Thomas must retrace her steps to determine what threats she may now pose to their operation, while also working to protect her.”
Freeman is set to take on the role of Rachel’s handler Thomas, a part that was originally announced as being portrayed by Eric Bana, who is no longer involved with the project.
Filming on The Operative is set to get underway in June, shooting in Israel and Bulgaria.
