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Movie Name: The Amateur
Directed by: James Hawes
Starring: Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Release Date: 11 April, 2025
Running Time: – Minutes
Rating: –
Budget: $- million
Production Companies: Hutch Parker Entertainment
After Charles Heller, a CIA cryptographer, loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, he realizes his bosses will not act due to conflicting internal priorities. Blackmailing the agency to train him as a field operative, he embarks on a one-man mission to hunt down his wife’s killers.
The Amateur: Movie Overview
The Amateur is an upcoming American espionage thriller film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, which was previously adapted into a film that year. It stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, and Laurence Fishburne.
The film is scheduled to be released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on April 11, 2025.
Development on a new adaptation of the Robert Littell novel was first announced in November 2006, with Hugh Jackman attached to star, and Evan Katz writing the screenplay. In February 2023, Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson were announced to be producing the project for 20th Century Studios with James Hawes attached as director and Rami Malek in the lead role. Malek was also listed as an executive producer on the project. In May, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitriona Balfe, Adrian Martinez, Laurence Fishburne, Holt McCallany and Julianne Nicholson were added to the cast.
Follows a CIA cryptographer, who manages to blackmail his agency into training him to let him go after a group of terrorist who killed his wife in London.
Principal photography began in London in June 2023. Filming locations are scheduled for around the south-east of England, as well as France and Turkey. Filming was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming resumed by December 2023. It was later confirmed that Takehiro Hira was also cast.
The film is scheduled to be released on April 11, 2025, after having previously scheduled for release on November 8, 2024.
