Nice Escape will likely be promoting the characteristic — set within the closing months of WWII and being directed by Michael Day — in Cannes.
Jake Abel (Malignant, Walker), Briana Hildebrand (Deadpool, Lucifer) and John Cusack (Excessive Constancy, Love & Mercy) are set to steer spy thriller Fog of Battle, the most recent mission from Yale Leisure.
Michael Day (Clawfoot) is directing from a screenplay by Luke Langsdale. Producers are Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Michael Day, in addition to Scott Levenson. Yale Leisure’s gross sales arm, Nice Escape, will likely be introducing the mission to consumers in Cannes.
Set within the closing months of WWII, Fog of Battle tells the story of injured American pilot Gene (Abel) and his OSS agent fiancée Penny (Hildebrand) as they retreat to a distant property in Massachusetts to stick with Penny’s distant uncle Robert (Cusack). Unbeknownst to her, the OSS has recruited Gene to spy on the household and the encircling group as top-secret paperwork associated to the D-Day invasion have been stolen and an enemy mole is someplace close by, getting ready to show these plans over to the Axis Powers.
“As quickly as we completed studying the script, we knew we needed to make this movie. It’s filled with twists and retains you guessing,” mentioned Yale Leisure’s Levine and Beckerman. “We couldn’t be happier with the superb forged and manufacturing staff we have now lined up.”
Added Nice Escape president Nicholas Donnermeyer: “We’re thrilled to be introducing this thrilling and distinctive mission to consumers. It’s a unbelievable, gripping script that mixes facets of Agatha Christie and John le Carré. It is a movie that can have audiences riveted.”
Government producers embrace Robert Levine, Luke Langsdale, Roorey Rooney, Brian Unger, Greg Ruden, Anne Ruden, Nick Donnermeyer, Michael J. Rothstein, Jason Kringstein, Luke Taylor, Matthew Helderman, Thomas Mann, Tamazin Simmonds, Sabine Stener, Jeffrey Tussi, David Nazar, Will Hirscheld, Aden Darmody, Jesse Korman and Nick Phillips.
Jake Abel is repped by APA and Untitled Leisure, Brianna Hildebrand is repped by APA, Luber Roklin and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson, and John Cusack is repped by Andrew Rogers and Jim Osborne at APA.