Colin Firth Set to Star in WWII Drama OPERATION MINCEMEAT
Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsmen: The Secret Service) is set to star in the upcoming WWII drama Operation Mincemeat, “a true story of World War II counterespionage.” Oscar-nominated director John Madden (Shakespeare In Love, Miss Sloane) is on board to direct, with Michelle Ashford (The Pacific, Masters of Sex) writing the script based on the book by Ben Macintyre.
The following synopsis is reported by Variety:
The story takes place in 1943, as the Allies prepare to launch an all-out assault on Nazi-held Europe. They face a seemingly impossible task – to protect a massive invasion force from entrenched German firepower and avert a potential massacre. Two intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley, dream up an inspired disinformation strategy, centered on the corpse of a dead man.
This sounds pretty interesting and like it has a solid cast and crew behind it. The fact that it will tell a true story to give us even more insight into WWII sounds really appealing. Does this sound like your kind of movie?
Operation Mincemeat will start pre-production later this year.