Tom Grater, Andreas Wiseman EXCLUSIVE: Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn, creators of the hit BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings, have been attached to direct feature film Chasing Agent Freegard, a thriller starring James Norton.The movie is written by Captain Phillips co-producer Michael Bronner and is based on the gripping true story of con man Robert Hendy-Freegard, who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and manipulated and threatened multiple people into going underground for fear of assassination.McMafia star Norton will play Freegard and is also producing through his banner Rabbit Track Pictures.
The project comes under the ongoing investment and packaging deal between UK companies Great Point Media and The Development Partnership.
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