The 355
Jessica Chastain set up her team in the first look photo for all - female undercover agent thriller355 . The motion picture is ground on an estimate that Chastain came up with and hasX - Menseries author / producer Simon Kinberg attached to direct . Smashcreator Theresa Rebeck is set to write the script for the movie , which get its rubric from the codification name for a real aliveness female spy in the American Revolutionary War .
355is take out comparing toMission : ImpossibleandCharlie ’s Angelsand like those holding , the film is designed to kickoff a franchise in the event it becomes a commercial success . Chastain and Kinberg put together a top notch outside shape that include Lupita Nyong’o , Penélope Cruz , Bingbing Fan , and Marion Cotillard before bringing355to this twelvemonth ’s Cannes Film Festival . The movie was unsurprisingly speedy to down a large external deal at the festival ahead of its official presentation this break of the day ( at the time of composition ) .
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grant toVanity Fair’sRebecca Keegan , Chastain ( speak at the355presentation ) said that the theme for the picture came from a conversation she had with her agent at last class ’s Cannes , concerning the want of action movies led by women.355doesn’t have a playscript yet , but is seeking global distributors at this twelvemonth ’s Cannes and has already reached a deal with FilmNation Entertainment and CAA Media Finance Group in France . A first look photo of the355cast has now been released online and posted to social medium by the movie ’s stars , Nyong’oincluded ( see the tweet imbed below ) .
355revolves around a team of international secret agentive role that must forge together , so as to stop a sinister criminal offence organisation from produce and using a deadly weapon . Nyong’o likened her character in the motion-picture show to tech guru Q from theJames Bondmovies and discuss what pass her to the theatrical role in the first billet :
“ I have never seen an African fair sex intelligence agentive role . To me that was important because I bonk they exist . What she apply to her advantage is [ multitude ] underestimating her . ”
Kinberg and Chastain will re - team forX - Men : Dark Phoenixreshoots later this yr , but could begin filming355by either late 2018 or early 2019 . The project is one of the hot prospects at Cannes and should have short difficulty line up distributors at the festival . Financing should n’t be a trouble either , meaning it might not be too long before355is formally fast - trail and given a release date fair game in either 2019 or 2020 ( assume there are n’t any schedule issues that hold back thing up ) .
Far from being a stranger to the movie mankind of spies and secret agents , Kinberg antecedently wrote the enfranchisement sequelxXx : State of the Union , as well as the action mechanism / comediesMr . and Mrs. SmithandThis entail War . He ’s shit his directing entry withDark Phoenix , so audiences will have to waitress until next year to find out if he ’s adept calling the shots behind the photographic camera . Chastain distinctly reckon highly of Kinberg as a director , so that omen well for355and suggests it may yet seek to be the wonderful all - female undercover agent escapade that everyone is hope for here .
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author : Lupita Nyong’o , Rebecca Keegan
