Billion Dollar Spy Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Apr. 16, 2025

Billion Dollar Spy

To Be Announced (TBA)

Director: Amma Asante

Starring: Russell Crowe • Harry Lawtey • Vera Farmiga

N/A Drama N/A

92% WILL SEE 8% WON'T SEE

Production Status

Current stage in the film’s journey

Pre-Production

Concept

Announced

Development

Pre

Filming

Post

Completed

Key talent and film crew being hired; budgeting, preparing and planning of production schedule; approving final shooting script.

March 16, 2025

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Adolf Tolkachev, a senior engineer in a top-secret Soviet aerospace laboratory, becomes one of the most valuable spies ever for the U.S. during the Cold War.

Drama Thriller True Story Spy

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Will you see Billion Dollar Spy?

92% of people who rated this movie are planning to watch it.

8% of people have indicated they do not plan to see this movie.

Who stars in Billion Dollar Spy – Cast List

Russell Crowe
Nuremberg, Kraven the Hunter
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Harry Lawtey
Joker: Folie à Deux, The Pale Blue Eye
Vera Farmiga
The Conjuring: Last Rites, Source Code

Who is making Billion Dollar Spy – Crew List

A look at Billion Dollar Spy behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Amma Asante last helmed Where Hands Touch and A United Kingdom. The film's writer Stephen Gaghan last penned Dolittle and Havoc.

Director: Amma Asante
Screenwriter: Stephen Gaghan
Producer: Akiva Goldsman

Studios: —
Production Company: Hanway Films
Walden Media
Weed Road Pictures

Production – What we know about the Billion Dollar Spy

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Mar 2025

Pre-Production

Changed Billion Dollar Spy movie production status. Preparations are underway to start production.

Jan 2023

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. No activity since 2020; assumed to be in "development hell".'

Nov 2020

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Expected to shoot next year in Eastern Europe.

Mar 2018

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Amma Asante will direct the film adaptation of David E. Hoffman’s drama thriller.

May 2016

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Benjamin August will adapt the 2015 book "The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal" by David E. Hoffman.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal, Billion Dollar Spy
Language: English

Billion Dollar Spy Trailers and Clips

No trailers are currently available.

Billion Dollar Spy Release Date: When is the film coming out?

Billion Dollar Spy is scheduled for release in on To Be Announced (TBA) . There are 9704 9,704 other movies scheduled for release on the same date, including The Last Train to New York, The Rosie Project and Star Wars: New Jedi Order.

The estimated home release date for Billion Dollar Spy is currently being determined. Stay tuned!