Skip to main content

Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, and more A-listers join espionage thriller Official Secrets

official secrets cast harrison ford anthony hopkins
Helga Esteb/Shutterstock
As if the subject matter of the upcoming espionage drama Official Secrets wasn’t enough to generate considerable buzz, the first casting news for the based-on-a-true-story project features a long list of A-list actors and rising stars.

Harrison Ford (Star Wars) and Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) are just two of the actors attached to the film, which is based on the best-selling book The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War: Katherine Gun and The Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion. Ford and Hopkins will be joined by The Avengers actor Paul Bettany, Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer, and The Hobbit (and Sherlock) actor Martin Freeman in the cast as just the first set of actors attached to the film.

Set to be directed by Justin Chadwick (Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom, The Other Boleyn Girl), the film features a screenplay by Sara and Gregory Bernstein that’s based on the 2008 novel by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell. The book’s synopsis reads as follows:

British secret service officer Katharine Gun’s only crime was telling the truth, but she paid a steep price when she exposed a U.S.-U.K. spy operation to secure U.N. authorization for the Iraq invasion. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this book tells the story of the young woman Sean Penn describes as “a hero of the human spirit.”

Gun will be portrayed by Dormer in the film, with Bettany playing the British newspaper reporter who learns of Gun’s discovery of the illegal NSA spy operation that facilitated passage of the U.N. resolution for war. Freeman will play the foreign affairs editor at the British newspaper The Observer, with Hopkins cast as a retired U.K. general and Ford in the role of a CIA agent involved inthe operation.

Official Secrets is expected to begin filming in May in the U.K.

Rick Marshall
A veteran journalist with more than two decades of experience covering local and national news, arts and entertainment, and…
Bruins vs Panthers live stream: Can you watch for free?
FLA Live Arena before Florida Panthers NHL game.

In a matchup that could very well determine this year's Atlantic Division champions in the NHL, the Boston Bruins head to Amerant Bank Arena to face off against the Florida Panthers. They enter this one tied at 97 points apiece, though Florida has an extra game in hand.

If you want to watch the game, you better pick a streaming option below soon, as it starts at 7:00 p.m. ET. It will be televised locally only on NESN (Bruins markets) and Bally Sports Florida (Panthers markets). But if you don't have those channels or you live out of market, there are some different ways you can watch a live stream.
Is There a Free Bruins vs Panthers Live Stream?

Read more
Warriors vs Heat live stream: Can you watch for free?
Stephen Curry holds his follow through after shooting a basketball.

Suddenly fighting for their postseason lives with a red-hot Rockets team closing in on them, the Golden State Warriors head to Miami for an important showdown against the Heat today.

The game is starting very soon, at 7:30 p.m. ET, so pick a streaming option below quickly. It will be televised locally only on NBC Sports Bay Area (Warriors markets) and Bally Sports Sun (Heat markets), but there are also a handful of different ways you can watch a free live stream of the game from anywhere in the US.
Is There a Free Warriors vs Heat Live Stream?

Read more
The 10 most popular TV shows on Netflix right now
A man and two women stand in the sand and stare.

Exploring the thousands of titles on Netflix can be both exciting and overwhelming. Content of all types abounds, from dramas and comedies to reality shows and documentaries. It's a good thing there's a list to help narrow your decision by letting you see the most popular Netflix shows. That's right, every week, Netflix releases its list of the 10 most-watched TV shows over a recent seven-day period.

The biggest arrival to this week's chart is 3 Body Problem, the first TV series for David Benioff and D. B. Weiss since Game of Thrones ended in 2019. Despite the popularity of 3 Body Problem, Dick Wolf's Homicide: New York edged out the sci-fi series for the top spot. Other new shows this week: Physical: 100 season 2, Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership, and The Resident season 1. Below, we have listed the top 10 shows in the U.S. from March 18 to March 24, along with general information about each show, including genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.

Read more