Star Wars: The Force Awakens), and newcomer Hannah Khalique-Brown.
The thriller is âset in 2024 in the run up to a British general electionâ and âtracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ, the UKâs version of the NSA, secretly working to ward off a cyber-attack on the countryâs electoral system,â according to the logline.
Kosminsky and his team, while researching for three years, had unprecedented access to the cyber security industry on both sides of the Atlantic, which will result in a realistic picture of the threat faced by the Western world in the series.
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Peacock has ordered a timely and provocative cyber-thriller from a seven-time BAFTA winner.
The streaming service will be the home of the six-part
The Undeclared War, directed and co-written by Peter Kosminsky
The Playground and NBCUniversal International Studios co-production stars Academy Award winner Mark Rylance (
Star Wars: The Force Awakens), and newcomer Hannah Khalique-Brown.
The thriller is “set in 2024 in the run up to a British general election” and “tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ, the UK’s version of the NSA, secretly working to ward off a cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system,” according to the logline.
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“Downton Abbey” fans will have Christmas with the Crawleys once more, as “Downton Abbey 2” is in production and set for Dec. 22 release.
Per Focus Features and Carnival Films, the original principal cast from the first film including Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Laura Carmichael and Michelle Dockery who starred together on the “Downton Abbey” TV series, will reprise their roles for the sequel movie, which began production last week.