EXCLUSIVE: A feature film about the escapades of little-known Canadian spy Winthrop Bell is in development.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures has optioned ‘Cracking the Nazi Code‘, a historical spy story from author and philosophy professor Jason Bell, and has attached Adam Yorke (See For Me, Bunker Burger) to develop it for the big screen.
Screenwriter Yorke is best known for Canadian thriller See For Me, which he co-wrote and co-produced. The film premiered at Tribeca in 2021 and was a major seller for Elle Driver.
It was released in the U.S. by IFC Midnight, as we first revealed in August 2021. ‘Cracking the Nazi Code’ tells the story of Bell, a spy whose work is only just being recognized, almost six decades after his death.
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