Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer are teaming up as a Soviet engineer and his CIA handler for Cold War thriller The Billion Dollar Spy for Belle and A United Kingdom director Amma Asante.
HanWay Films has come on board to handle international sales and distribution and will introduce the project at the upcoming virtual American Film Market.
CAA Media Finance and Endeavor Content will oversee the U.S sale. Based on a real-life story, The Billion Dollar Spy will follow Brad Reid (Hammer), a fresh arrival at the Moscow station of the CIA, where he’s approached by Soviet engineer Adolf Tolkachev (Mikkelsen).
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