Amma Asante to Start Principal Photography on ‘Billion Dollar Spy’ in 12 Months

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  • Author: Naman Ramachandran
  • July 02,2020

Amma Asante to Start Principal Photography on ‘Billion Dollar Spy’ in 12 Months U.K. filmmaker Amma Asante has revealed she plans to start principal photography on long-gestating project “The Billion Dollar Spy” in 12 months. Production is currently on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Adapted by Benjamin August (“Remember”) from David E. Hoffman’s bestselling book of the same name, the Walden Media and Weed Road Pictures production will recount the true story of a man who became the Pentagon’s most valuable spy during the last years of the Cold War. Akiva Goldsman is set to produce.

“You know the aesthetic I wanted, it needs to be covered in snow and as much real snow as possible and that does restrict the time of year,” said Asante. “I think it will be within the next 12 months.”

Asante was in conversation with Scottish radio DJ and TV presenter Edith Bowman, as part of a virtual BAFTA masterclass during which she discussed her award-winning career,
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