Joel Edgerton May Join Jennifer Lawrence In ‘Red Sparrow’
By Jack Giroux/Aug. 5, 2016 5:00 am EST
Below, learn more about the potential Joel Edgerton Red Sparrow project.
Here’s the book’s full synopsis:
Spies have long relied on the “honey trap,” whereby vulnerable men and women are intimately compromised. Dominika learns these techniques of “sexpionage” in Russia’s secret “Sparrow School,” hidden outside of Moscow. As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and—inevitably—forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate’s game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC.
In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency’s most important Russian mole.
There’s no word on when the Steve Zaillian-produced thriller will go into production. Francis Lawrence has a few other projects on his plate, including Lionsgate’s multi-part adaptation of the epic Greek poem The Odyssey. That project was aiming to begin shooting this year, but it’s unclear if that remains the plan. As for Edgerton, we’ll soon see the talented actor, director, and writer in Jeff Nichols’ serious awards contender, Loving, and he has David Ayer’s Bright, the fantasy cop movie Netflix bought for more than a few dollars, coming up as well.
