If you were to come up with a short list of actors that fans would be interested in playing James Bond on the big screen, you wouldn’t get far without mentioning Michael Fassbender. The two-time Oscar-nominated actor is no stranger to high profile gigs, and would most likely make a great James Bond. However, it appears that he has his eyes set on another suave superspy, in the new film “Malko.”
According to Deadline, Fassbender has signed on to star in and produce “Malko,” which is based on the famous spy novels from author Gérard de Villiers.
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According to Deadline, Fassbender has signed on to star in and produce “Malko,” which is based on the famous spy novels from author Gérard de Villiers.
Continue reading Michael Fassbender To Star As A Suave, Rogue Spy In Upcoming Film ‘Malko’ From Lionsgate at The Playlist.
- 6/18/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Lionsgate has acquired the global motion picture rights to Gerard de Villiers’ best-selling action-spy series S.A.S. which it’s adapting into Malko, a project that Michael Fassbender will star and produce. Oscar nominated screenwriter Eric Warren Singer will write the screenplay. With the deal, Lionsgate has secured the full rights to de Villier’s catalogue of best selling espionage thrillers, serialized through 200 books that have been translated into multiple languages and sold north of 120M copies worldwide. Lionsgate secured the film rights to the catalogue of S.A.S. based stories from Black Magic’s Lars Sylvest who developed the property with Gérard de Villiers and Thorsten Schumacher. The project will be produced together with Rocket Science. Fassbender will play the super spy for hire Malko Linge, an Austrian nobleman and freelance CIA operative who spent his formative years in a special Nazi work camp for captured spies.
- 6/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate has acquired the worldwide rights to Gerard de Villiers’ action-spy series “S.A.S.” and will develop “Malko” with Michael Fassbender, the distributor announced Tuesday.
Fassbender will also produce the movie in which he will play the lead role as Malko Linge, a super spy for hire. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Eric Warren Singer will pen the script.
With this deal, Lionsgate has also secured the rights to Villiers’ catalog of best-selling espionage thrillers, which includes over 200 books that have been translated into multiple languages. The franchise follows Linge, a CIA operative who spent his formative years in a special Nazi work camp. Now, he has become a spy for hire.
The first movie will be based upon the book “Checkpoint Charlie,” which will be produced together with Rocket Science.
“We are enormously excited to...
Fassbender will also produce the movie in which he will play the lead role as Malko Linge, a super spy for hire. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Eric Warren Singer will pen the script.
With this deal, Lionsgate has also secured the rights to Villiers’ catalog of best-selling espionage thrillers, which includes over 200 books that have been translated into multiple languages. The franchise follows Linge, a CIA operative who spent his formative years in a special Nazi work camp. Now, he has become a spy for hire.
The first movie will be based upon the book “Checkpoint Charlie,” which will be produced together with Rocket Science.
“We are enormously excited to...
- 6/18/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
It's Sunday afternoon — your last chance to read all that stuff you meant to read last week before Monday brings a new deluge of things you will want to read. Below, some of our recommendations: "Double Agents in Love" by Lorrie Moore (The New York Review of Books): On Homeland's problems. "30 Rock: I Love This Dirty Sitcom" by Emily Nussbaum (The New Yorker): Paying tribute to a show that was one long, wonderful tribute to New York. "Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy on Star Wars, Lincoln and Secret J.J. Abrams Meetings" by Kim Masters (The Hollywood Reporter): The new Lucasfilm boss explains how she finally convinced the Star Trek director to follow the Force. "The Spy Novelist Who Knows Too Much" by Robert F. Worth (The New York Times Magazine): A look at the work of Gérard de Villiers, the 83-year-old Frenchman whose popular pulp-fiction books are strikingly accurate.
- 2/3/2013
- by Andre Tartar,Caroline Bankoff
- Vulture
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