Official Secrets (film)

Official Secrets is a 2019 political thriller directed by Gavin Hood, starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri and Ralph Fiennes.

It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 28 January 2019. It will be released in select theaters on 23 August 2019.

Premise
Tells the story of Katharine Gun, who leaked a secret memo exposing an illegal spying operation.

Cast

 * Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun
 * Matt Smith as Martin Bright
 * Matthew Goode as Peter Beaumont
 * Rhys Ifans as Ed Vulliamy
 * Adam Bakri as Yasar Gun
 * Ralph Fiennes as Ben Emmerson
 * Indira Varma as Shami Chakrabarti
 * Conleth Hill as Roger Alton
 * Tamsin Greig as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
 * Hattie Morahan as Yvonne Ridley
 * Ray Panthaki as Kamal Ahmed
 * Angus Wright as Mark Ellison


 * Chris Larkin as Nigel H. Jones
 * Monica Dolan as Fiona Bygate
 * Jack Farthing as Andy Dumfries
 * Clive Francis as Admiral Nick Wilkinson
 * John Heffernan as James Welch
 * Kenneth Cranham as Judge Hyam
 * Darrell D'Silva as Chilean Ambassador
 * Janie Dee as Jan Clements
 * MyAnna Buring as Jasmine
 * Chris Reilly as Jerry
 * Shaun Dooley as John
 * Peter Guinness as TinTin
 * Jeremy Northam

Production
The project began development in January 2016, with Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Bettany, Natalie Dormer and Martin Freeman cast in the film, and a filming start of May announced. Tahar Rahim and Gillian Anderson were cast during the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival. However by June 2017, filming had yet to begin, and cast member Anderson stated she hadn't heard anything about the project since being cast.

By January 2018, the project was redeveloped, with Gavin Hood now set to direct in place of Justin Chadwick, and Keira Knightley and Matt Smith cast in February, with the actors initially cast no longer involved in the film. In March, Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode joined the cast, with filming beginning on 12 March 2018 in Yorkshire. Filming took place in the village of Boston Spa on 14 March. Indira Varma, Conleth Hill and Tamsin Greig joined the cast the next day. Filming had moved to Manchester by 19 March, serving as a stand-in for London. Filming was undertaken in April 2018 in Liverpool's St George's Hall.

Release
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 28 January 2019.