Wasp Network, written and directed by Olivier Assayas based on the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War by Fernando Morais, has landed on Netflix. It stars Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez, Gael García Bernal and Ana de Armas and is based on the true story of the ‘Cuban Five’ (aka Miami Five) who were arrested and imprisoned in the USA as spies in the late ‘90s. The five were Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González, though Wasp Network focuses attention primarily on René González and Gerardo Hernández of the five.
They were Cubans who travelled from Cuba under Fidel Castro’s regime, to Florida and became part of a group called the Wasp Network (La Red Avispa) who infiltrated anti-Castro Cuban exile groups based in Miami so they could feed information back to the Cuban government. Hernández (played by Gael Garcia Bernal in Wasp...
They were Cubans who travelled from Cuba under Fidel Castro’s regime, to Florida and became part of a group called the Wasp Network (La Red Avispa) who infiltrated anti-Castro Cuban exile groups based in Miami so they could feed information back to the Cuban government. Hernández (played by Gael Garcia Bernal in Wasp...
- 7/2/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas is about to get his biggest global audience yet with the Netflix premiere of his new movie “Wasp Network” coming to the platform on June 19. Based on the true story of five Cuban spies held as political prisoners from the late 1990s up until 2014, the movie stars Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez, and Gael García Bernal. Watch the first trailer for “Wasp Network” below.
This espionage thriller is based on the book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five” by Fernando Morais. The Cuban Five were arrested in September 1998 before being later convicted in Miami of several illegal activities including conspiracy to commit espionage and murder, as well as acting as agents of a foreign government. The Five had infiltrated the U.S. to observe Cuban-American groups, including the Alpha 66, among other anti-Castro paramilitary groups.
“Wasp Network” first premiered at the Venice Film Festival last fall,...
This espionage thriller is based on the book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five” by Fernando Morais. The Cuban Five were arrested in September 1998 before being later convicted in Miami of several illegal activities including conspiracy to commit espionage and murder, as well as acting as agents of a foreign government. The Five had infiltrated the U.S. to observe Cuban-American groups, including the Alpha 66, among other anti-Castro paramilitary groups.
“Wasp Network” first premiered at the Venice Film Festival last fall,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Olivier Assayas, Penélope Cruz, Édgar Ramírez, and producer Rodrigo Teixeira with Kent Jones at the New York Film Festival Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Wasp Network, another highlight of this year's New York Film Festival, stars Penélope Cruz and Édgar Ramírez with Gael García Bernal, Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, and Leonardo Sbaraglia. Inspired by Fernando Morais’s book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War, the director/screenwriter Olivier Assayas announced that the film shot by Yorick Le Saux and Denis Lenoir, had been edited substantially since it was first shown at the Venice Film Festival on September 1. Assayas considered what we watched at the press screening on the afternoon of Friday, October 4 to be the film's new final cut world première.
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Wasp Network transports us into the realm of Cubans...
Wasp Network, another highlight of this year's New York Film Festival, stars Penélope Cruz and Édgar Ramírez with Gael García Bernal, Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, and Leonardo Sbaraglia. Inspired by Fernando Morais’s book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War, the director/screenwriter Olivier Assayas announced that the film shot by Yorick Le Saux and Denis Lenoir, had been edited substantially since it was first shown at the Venice Film Festival on September 1. Assayas considered what we watched at the press screening on the afternoon of Friday, October 4 to be the film's new final cut world première.
Penélope Cruz: "I love babies. Once they get to the set they're mine!" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Wasp Network transports us into the realm of Cubans...
- 10/6/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Olivier Assayas isn’t satisfied with the version of his new film, the Cuban spy epic “Wasp Network,” that world-premiered at the Venice Film Festival last week. According to a report from Deadline, the French writer/director is taking the film back into the editing bay, even as it plays the Toronto International Film Festival this week. The new cut will be unveiled at the film’s U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival this fall.
“There are a few things that need clarification,” the “Personal Shopper” and “Summer Hours” director told Deadline. “There are a series of fixes I’ll make. I might shorten some parts and lengthen others. The running time won’t change considerably, but it’s about gaining fluidity. I want the film to be understood by those who aren’t aware of the complexities of the local politics. The fixes will be done...
“There are a few things that need clarification,” the “Personal Shopper” and “Summer Hours” director told Deadline. “There are a series of fixes I’ll make. I might shorten some parts and lengthen others. The running time won’t change considerably, but it’s about gaining fluidity. I want the film to be understood by those who aren’t aware of the complexities of the local politics. The fixes will be done...
- 9/9/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Olivier Assayas will head back into the cutting room with his Venice and Toronto spy movie Wasp Network, the filmmaker told Deadline on the day of its North American premiere.
The intricate, multi-layered drama starring Penelope Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, Edgar Ramirez and Wagner Moura explores the true story of the Cuban Five, who were sent to Florida in the 1990s to infiltrate local groups and carry out espionage. Assayas wants to show a tweaked version of the movie — which is adapted from Fernando Morais’s book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War — at the New York Film Festival in October.
“There are a few things that need clarification,” the Personal Shopper and Carlos director told me today. “There are a series of fixes I’ll make. I might shorten some parts and lengthen others. The running time won’t change considerably, but it’s about gaining fluidity.
The intricate, multi-layered drama starring Penelope Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, Edgar Ramirez and Wagner Moura explores the true story of the Cuban Five, who were sent to Florida in the 1990s to infiltrate local groups and carry out espionage. Assayas wants to show a tweaked version of the movie — which is adapted from Fernando Morais’s book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War — at the New York Film Festival in October.
“There are a few things that need clarification,” the Personal Shopper and Carlos director told me today. “There are a series of fixes I’ll make. I might shorten some parts and lengthen others. The running time won’t change considerably, but it’s about gaining fluidity.
- 9/9/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Title: Wasp Network Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Penélope Cruz, Édgar Ramírez, Gael García Bernal, Ana de Armas, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Wagner Moura. Director Olivier Assayas presented Wasp Network at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, a film based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War, starring Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez, Ana de […]
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- 9/1/2019
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
It’s unusual for a Western film to present spies for Fidel Castro as the heroes. And that novelty, alas, is one of the few selling points of “Wasp Network,” a surprising disappointment from Olivier Assayas, one of the more interesting and eclectic filmmakers working today.
Assayas previously teamed with Edgar Ramírez on the gripping “Carlos,” but this time, the true-story aspect of this docudrama seems to have bogged down the filmmaker. When he has occasion to put the plot aside and focus on the characters, “Wasp Network” comes to life, but these moments are too few and far between.
The story itself is fascinating — in the 1990s, Cuban pilots René González (Ramírez) and Juan Pablo Roque made headlines by escaping Cuba and defecting to the United States. (González flew out in a small plane in 1990; Roque swam to Guantanamo Bay two years later.)
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Assayas previously teamed with Edgar Ramírez on the gripping “Carlos,” but this time, the true-story aspect of this docudrama seems to have bogged down the filmmaker. When he has occasion to put the plot aside and focus on the characters, “Wasp Network” comes to life, but these moments are too few and far between.
The story itself is fascinating — in the 1990s, Cuban pilots René González (Ramírez) and Juan Pablo Roque made headlines by escaping Cuba and defecting to the United States. (González flew out in a small plane in 1990; Roque swam to Guantanamo Bay two years later.)
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- 9/1/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Even Wayne Gretzky missed the net a couple of times over the course of his career. An overstuffed espionage thriller that bites off more than it can chew and never manages to find its footing, Olivier Assayas’ “Wasp Network” is . Even so, his restless genius can still be felt percolating below the surface and struggling to come up for air. While this scattered, staccato dramatization of Cuba’s most infamous spy ring struggles to dramatize its tangled web of defections and double-crosses, the movie’s underlying strengths are the stuff of vintage Assayas; its best moments allow the French auteur to explore some of his oldest infatuations against a backdrop made of quicksand. The personal toll of political currents, the friction between analog and digital worlds, hot people looking super hot together — so many of Assayas’ favorite things are trying so hard to poke through this convoluted true story, but...
- 9/1/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
It's a big ask to expect an audience to grasp all the intricacies in the history surrounding the dozen Cuban intelligence officers operating in South Florida in the '90s to thwart anti-Castro terrorist attacks at home. Drawing from Fernando Morais' meticulously reported book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, writer-director Olivier Assayas struggles to streamline the mountain of details into a dramatic throughline in which motivations and movements acquire lucidity. Wasp Network is a big, handsomely shot movie with a strong cast and stunning location work. But it's also a knotty tangle of endless back and forth between ...
It's a big ask to expect an audience to grasp all the intricacies in the history surrounding the dozen Cuban intelligence officers operating in South Florida in the '90s to thwart anti-Castro terrorist attacks at home. Drawing from Fernando Morais' meticulously reported book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, writer-director Olivier Assayas struggles to streamline the mountain of details into a dramatic throughline in which motivations and movements acquire lucidity. Wasp Network is a big, handsomely shot movie with a strong cast and stunning location work. But it's also a knotty tangle of endless back and forth between ...
Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network has been generating strong word of mouth here at the Venice Film Festival where it premieres in competition tonight. The spy drama, based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War, stars Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez, Ana de Armas and Gael Garcia Bernal.
It tells the true story of a group of Cuban spies sent to Florida in the 1990s by then-president Fidel Castro, revealing the tentacles of a terrorist network with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government. The men were convicted in 2001 in Miami on charges that included conspiracy. They are known as the Cuban Five in America, and go by Cuban Heroes at home.
Of the politics involved, Assayas noted the position of the U.S. “is extremely ambivalent and ambiguous. The FBI ends up monitoring the most dangerous terrorist groups and are somehow very lenient with them.
It tells the true story of a group of Cuban spies sent to Florida in the 1990s by then-president Fidel Castro, revealing the tentacles of a terrorist network with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government. The men were convicted in 2001 in Miami on charges that included conspiracy. They are known as the Cuban Five in America, and go by Cuban Heroes at home.
Of the politics involved, Assayas noted the position of the U.S. “is extremely ambivalent and ambiguous. The FBI ends up monitoring the most dangerous terrorist groups and are somehow very lenient with them.
- 9/1/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
French director/writer Olivier Assayas is working with perhaps his most high-profile cast yet for his latest film, “Wasp Network,” competing at the Venice Film Festival and starring Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez, and Gael García Bernal.
The film pivots on the true story of five Cuban spies held as political prisoners from the late 1990s up until 2014, and it’s based on the book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five” by Fernando Morais. Assayas — acclaimed for films including “Personal Shopper,” “Irma Vep,” and most recently “Non-Fiction,” as well as the Golden Globe Award-winning miniseries “Carlos” — wrote the script himself, but the actual production of the film proved to be a challenge, as revealed in a recent interview with Variety out of the Venice Film Festival.
Assayas said that, initially, Cuban authorities refused to let him shoot “Wasp Network” in the country where, despite...
The film pivots on the true story of five Cuban spies held as political prisoners from the late 1990s up until 2014, and it’s based on the book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five” by Fernando Morais. Assayas — acclaimed for films including “Personal Shopper,” “Irma Vep,” and most recently “Non-Fiction,” as well as the Golden Globe Award-winning miniseries “Carlos” — wrote the script himself, but the actual production of the film proved to be a challenge, as revealed in a recent interview with Variety out of the Venice Film Festival.
Assayas said that, initially, Cuban authorities refused to let him shoot “Wasp Network” in the country where, despite...
- 8/31/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Headlined by Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, “Wasp Network” is world premiering and competing in Venice, but the Cuba-set film was a long-shot to get made because of its political subject and the difficulties in raising financing, director Olivier Assayas said.
“Wasp Network” centers on the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, when anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out military attacks on Cuba and the Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network to infiltrate those organizations. Assayas wrote the screenplay, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five,” published by Companhia das Letras.
Assayas, whose credits include the Golden Globe-winning miniseries “Carlos” and “Personal Shopper,” which won him the best director prize at Cannes, told Variety that Cuban authorities had initially refused to let the film shoot there.
“They first refused...
“Wasp Network” centers on the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, when anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out military attacks on Cuba and the Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network to infiltrate those organizations. Assayas wrote the screenplay, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five,” published by Companhia das Letras.
Assayas, whose credits include the Golden Globe-winning miniseries “Carlos” and “Personal Shopper,” which won him the best director prize at Cannes, told Variety that Cuban authorities had initially refused to let the film shoot there.
“They first refused...
- 8/31/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Orange Studio has pre-sold Olivier Assayas’ “Wasp Network” – the Cuban spy thriller headlined by Penelope Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal and Edgar Ramirez – to a number of European territories.
Set to world premiere Saturday in competition at the Venice Film Festival, “Wasp Network” centers on the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, when anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out military attacks on Cuba and the Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network to infiltrate those organizations. Assayas wrote the screenplay, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, “The Last Soldiers on the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five.”
The film, which wrapped shooting in May, has been picked up for Italy (Bim Distribuzione); Israel (Shoval); Greece (Spentzos); Portugal (Nos Lusomundo); Russia (Mauris Film); Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania (Prorom); former Yugoslavia (McF); Baltics (Acme); and airlines (Cinesky).
CG Cinema’s...
Set to world premiere Saturday in competition at the Venice Film Festival, “Wasp Network” centers on the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, when anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out military attacks on Cuba and the Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network to infiltrate those organizations. Assayas wrote the screenplay, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, “The Last Soldiers on the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five.”
The film, which wrapped shooting in May, has been picked up for Italy (Bim Distribuzione); Israel (Shoval); Greece (Spentzos); Portugal (Nos Lusomundo); Russia (Mauris Film); Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania (Prorom); former Yugoslavia (McF); Baltics (Acme); and airlines (Cinesky).
CG Cinema’s...
- 8/30/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Penélope Cruz, Narcos‘ Wagner Moura and Gael García Bernal have joined the cast of Wasp Network, the next film from Olivier Assayas who wrote and is directing. The trio join Pedro Pascal and Edgar Ramirez to star in the spy drama, based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. Shooting is now set to begin in early 2019.
The pic tells the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, revealing the tentacles of a Florida-based terrorist network with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government. Imr International launched the film to foreign buyers in Cannes and will continue at Toronto, where CAA Media Finance is handling U.S. rights.
Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, with Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas executive producing. Rt also produced the Oscar-nominated...
The pic tells the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, revealing the tentacles of a Florida-based terrorist network with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government. Imr International launched the film to foreign buyers in Cannes and will continue at Toronto, where CAA Media Finance is handling U.S. rights.
Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, with Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas executive producing. Rt also produced the Oscar-nominated...
- 9/5/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography scheduled to begin in first quarter of 2019.
Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura and Gael García Bernal have joined Edgar Ramirez on Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network for Rt Features and CG Cinema, which Imr International will continue to sell to buyers in Toronto this week.
Assayas wrote and will direct the film based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War, about Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s and a terrorist network based in Florida whose sphere of influence extended throughout Central America with the consent of the Us government.
Principal photography is scheduled to...
Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura and Gael García Bernal have joined Edgar Ramirez on Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network for Rt Features and CG Cinema, which Imr International will continue to sell to buyers in Toronto this week.
Assayas wrote and will direct the film based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War, about Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s and a terrorist network based in Florida whose sphere of influence extended throughout Central America with the consent of the Us government.
Principal photography is scheduled to...
- 9/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Penelope Cruz, Wagner Moura, and Gael Garcia Bernal have joined Edgar Ramirez in the spy drama “Wasp Network.”
The deals were announced on Wednesday on the eve of the Toronto Film Festival. Imr International will continue sales to foreign buyers at the fest, with CAA Media Finance handling the U.S. rights.
Olivier Assayas (“Personal Shopper”) is directing from his own script, based on Fernando Morais’ book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five.” Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenço Sant’ Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing.
The Wasp Network was set up by the Cuban government in the 1980s and ’90s to infiltrate anti-Castro organizations in the United States. The book tells the story of 14 of the Cuban spies, and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by U.S. authorities. Five of the Cubans...
The deals were announced on Wednesday on the eve of the Toronto Film Festival. Imr International will continue sales to foreign buyers at the fest, with CAA Media Finance handling the U.S. rights.
Olivier Assayas (“Personal Shopper”) is directing from his own script, based on Fernando Morais’ book “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five.” Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenço Sant’ Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing.
The Wasp Network was set up by the Cuban government in the 1980s and ’90s to infiltrate anti-Castro organizations in the United States. The book tells the story of 14 of the Cuban spies, and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by U.S. authorities. Five of the Cubans...
- 9/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Penelope Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, and “Narcos” star Wagner Moura have joined Edgar Ramirez on the cast of the true-story spy drama “Wasp Network,” Rt Features announced Tuesday.
Written and directed by Olivier Assayas and based on Fernando Morais’ “The Last Days of the Cold War,” “Wasp Network” tells the story of Cuban spies working undercover in the 1990s who uncover a terrorist network based in Florida with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government. Shooting is set to begin early next year.
Rt Features founder Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing. Imr International will continue sales to foreign buyers in Toronto, with CAA Media Finance handling the U.S. rights.
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Written and directed by Olivier Assayas and based on Fernando Morais’ “The Last Days of the Cold War,” “Wasp Network” tells the story of Cuban spies working undercover in the 1990s who uncover a terrorist network based in Florida with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government. Shooting is set to begin early next year.
Rt Features founder Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing. Imr International will continue sales to foreign buyers in Toronto, with CAA Media Finance handling the U.S. rights.
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Cruz is also set...
- 9/5/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Penelope Cruz, Wagner Moura and Gael García Bernal are joining Edgar Ramirez in Olivier Assayas' spy drama Wasp Network.
Imr International is continuing to sell the film, which is based on Fernando Morais' book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, to international buyers in Toronto after launching the project in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance shops the U.S. rights.
Wasp Network portrays the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, as it reveals the tentacles of a terrorist network based in Florida, with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government....
Imr International is continuing to sell the film, which is based on Fernando Morais' book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, to international buyers in Toronto after launching the project in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance shops the U.S. rights.
Wasp Network portrays the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, as it reveals the tentacles of a terrorist network based in Florida, with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government....
Penelope Cruz, Wagner Moura and Gael García Bernal are joining Edgar Ramirez in Olivier Assayas' spy drama Wasp Network.
Imr International is continuing to sell the film, which is based on Fernando Morais' book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, to international buyers in Toronto after launching the project in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance shops the U.S. rights.
Wasp Network portrays the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, as it reveals the tentacles of a terrorist network based in Florida, with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government....
Imr International is continuing to sell the film, which is based on Fernando Morais' book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, to international buyers in Toronto after launching the project in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance shops the U.S. rights.
Wasp Network portrays the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s, as it reveals the tentacles of a terrorist network based in Florida, with ramifications in Central America and with the consent of the U.S. government....
2018, the year of Olivier Assayas continues. Between the release of the Cold Water restoration (around which he and Nick Newman had a lengthy discussion) and eventual premiere of Non-Fiction comes word that his next next film, Wasp Network, will be the site of a much-desired reunion. Out of Cannes, there’s word that Carlos‘ Édgar Ramirez has boarded, alongside Pedro Pascal (Narcos), a spy thriller concerning the eponymous, Cuban-backed force that targeted anti-Castro terrorist organizations. Further details on this casting remain private for now, though probably not long: with Non-Fiction nearing its final editing stages and a screenplay reportedly finished, signs point towards an imminent start on production. [Variety]
While there’s no timetable yet for when that may be, check out the synopsis of the source material, Fernando Morais The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, below (via Amazon):
Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in...
While there’s no timetable yet for when that may be, check out the synopsis of the source material, Fernando Morais The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, below (via Amazon):
Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in...
- 5/8/2018
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Edgar Ramirez and Pedro Pascal will anchor the cast of “Wasp Network,” the new film from director Oliver Assayas.
The news dropped at the Cannes Film Festival — an apt setting given that Assayas has been a staple on the Croisette with the likes of “Personal Shopper” and “Clouds of Sils Maria.” “Wasp Network” is based on a true story. It centers on Cuban spies who become involved in a terrorist network based in Florida.
Ramirez recently appeared as slain designer Gianni Versace in Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” and also starred in “Hands of Stone.” He will next appear opposite Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in Disney’s “Jungle Cruise.” Pascal first turned heads as the dashing Oberyn Martell in “Game of Thrones.” He has also appeared in “Narcos” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” and has signed on to star opposite Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman 2.”
Assayas wrote the script,...
The news dropped at the Cannes Film Festival — an apt setting given that Assayas has been a staple on the Croisette with the likes of “Personal Shopper” and “Clouds of Sils Maria.” “Wasp Network” is based on a true story. It centers on Cuban spies who become involved in a terrorist network based in Florida.
Ramirez recently appeared as slain designer Gianni Versace in Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” and also starred in “Hands of Stone.” He will next appear opposite Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in Disney’s “Jungle Cruise.” Pascal first turned heads as the dashing Oberyn Martell in “Game of Thrones.” He has also appeared in “Narcos” and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” and has signed on to star opposite Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman 2.”
Assayas wrote the script,...
- 5/8/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Edgar Ramirez (The Girl on the Train, Hands of Stone) and Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones, Kingsman: The Golden Circle) are teaming up for Wasp Network from Cannes favorite Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria).
Assayas wrote and will also direct the film, based on Fernando Morais' book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. RT Features' Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema's Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenco Sant'Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing. Imr International will be introducing the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA Media Finance handling the U.S....
Assayas wrote and will also direct the film, based on Fernando Morais' book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. RT Features' Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema's Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenco Sant'Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing. Imr International will be introducing the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA Media Finance handling the U.S....
- 5/8/2018
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Narcos’ Pedro Pascal and Edgar Ramirez, who played Gianni Versace in Ryan Murphy’s recent American Crime Story franchise, have signed up to star in Oliver Assayas’ forthcoming Cuban spy drama Wasp Network.
The pair will star in the feature, which is based on the true story of Cuban spies in American territories during the 1990s and explores the reach of a terrorist network based in Florida that had ramifications across Central America.
Personal Shopper director Assayas wrote and directed the film, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, while Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing.
Imr International is launching the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA is handling U.S. rights.
Rt Features is the company behind Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name...
The pair will star in the feature, which is based on the true story of Cuban spies in American territories during the 1990s and explores the reach of a terrorist network based in Florida that had ramifications across Central America.
Personal Shopper director Assayas wrote and directed the film, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, while Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing.
Imr International is launching the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA is handling U.S. rights.
Rt Features is the company behind Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name...
- 5/8/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Imr International launches sales in Cannes this week.
Edgar Ramirez and Pedro Pascal have signed to star in Olivier Assayas’s upcoming political thriller Wasp Network, based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War about a group of Cuban spies sent to the Us in the 1990s to infiltrate anti-Castro terror groups based in Florida.
Rodrigo Teixeira’s San Paulo-based Rt Features, which is co-producing the feature alongside Assayas’ long-time collaborator Charles Gillibert at Paris-based CG Cinema, announced the casting news.
Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas serve as executive producers. Imr International will...
Edgar Ramirez and Pedro Pascal have signed to star in Olivier Assayas’s upcoming political thriller Wasp Network, based on Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War about a group of Cuban spies sent to the Us in the 1990s to infiltrate anti-Castro terror groups based in Florida.
Rodrigo Teixeira’s San Paulo-based Rt Features, which is co-producing the feature alongside Assayas’ long-time collaborator Charles Gillibert at Paris-based CG Cinema, announced the casting news.
Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas serve as executive producers. Imr International will...
- 5/8/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Edgar Ramirez (<i>The Girl on the Train</i>, <i>Hands of Stone</i>) and Pedro Pascal (<i>Game of Thrones</i>, <i>Kingsman: The Golden Circle</i>) are teaming up for <i>Wasp Network</i> from Cannes favorite Olivier Assayas (<i>Personal Shopper</i>, <i>Clouds of Sils Maria</i>).
Assayas wrote and will also direct the film, based on Fernando Morais' book <i>The Last Soldiers of the Cold War</i>. Rt Features' Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema's Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenco Sant'Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing. Imr International will be introducing the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA Media Finance handling the U....
Assayas wrote and will also direct the film, based on Fernando Morais' book <i>The Last Soldiers of the Cold War</i>. Rt Features' Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema's Charles Gillibert. Rt’s Lourenco Sant'Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing. Imr International will be introducing the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA Media Finance handling the U....
We here at The A.V. Club are pretty fond of Olivier Assayas, the French writer-director of Irma Vep, Carlos, Late August, Early September, and many other great movies. But boy would we hate to ever make dinner plans with the guy. The cosmopolitan former film critic has already announced two different projects in the past 12 months—an adaptation of Fernando Morais’ non-fiction book The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five, about the Cuban spies tried to infiltrate anti-Castro groups in the United States, and a slightly re-cast version of Idol’s Eye, his perpetually stalled, Robert Pattinson-led Chicago mob thriller.
Yet, as Variety reports from the Locarno film festival, where Assayas is presiding over the jury, both of these projects have been tabled in favor of something called E-Book, which will reunite Assayas with Juliette Binoche, with whom he previously worked on...
Yet, as Variety reports from the Locarno film festival, where Assayas is presiding over the jury, both of these projects have been tabled in favor of something called E-Book, which will reunite Assayas with Juliette Binoche, with whom he previously worked on...
- 8/2/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Having released two consecutive (but very different) films in which Kristen Stewart plays a celebrity’s personal assistant, Olivier Assayas is looking to return to another one of his specialized areas of interest: Cold War-era political upheaval and international intrigue. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the French writer-director is currently readying an adaptation of The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War: The Story Of the Cuban Five, Fernando Morais‘ 2015 non-fiction book about a group of Cuban spies tasked with infiltrating anti-Castro groups in the United States. Titled The Wasp Network, the film will be co-produced by France’s CG Cinema and Brazil’s Rt Features.
Assayas’ last foray into geopolitical thrillers, the five-and-a-half hour Carlos, brought its largely unknown star, Édgar Ramírez, to international attention for his portrayal of the notorious political terrorist Ilyich Ramírez Sánchez, better known as Carlos The Jackal. And though we’re always eager to see ...
Assayas’ last foray into geopolitical thrillers, the five-and-a-half hour Carlos, brought its largely unknown star, Édgar Ramírez, to international attention for his portrayal of the notorious political terrorist Ilyich Ramírez Sánchez, better known as Carlos The Jackal. And though we’re always eager to see ...
- 4/7/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Rt Features and CG Cinema to produce thriller.
Olivier Assayas will write and direct Wasp Network, a thriller based on Fernando Morais’ book, The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War.
Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira will produce alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, while Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas will serve as executive producers.
Wasp Network recounts the stories of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s and exposes a terrorist network based in Florida whose sphere of influence extended throughout Central America with the consent of the Us government.
Assayas most recently wrote and directed Personal Shopper starring Kristen Stewart, which opened last month through IFC and premiered in Cannes last summer.
Brazilian producer-financier Rt Features backed Sundance hits Call Me By Your Name, which Luca Guadagnino directed and Spc will release, and Geremy Jasper’s Patti Cake$, which Fox Searchlight picked up in Park City.
Sao Paulo-based...
Olivier Assayas will write and direct Wasp Network, a thriller based on Fernando Morais’ book, The Last Soldiers Of The Cold War.
Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira will produce alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, while Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas will serve as executive producers.
Wasp Network recounts the stories of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s and exposes a terrorist network based in Florida whose sphere of influence extended throughout Central America with the consent of the Us government.
Assayas most recently wrote and directed Personal Shopper starring Kristen Stewart, which opened last month through IFC and premiered in Cannes last summer.
Brazilian producer-financier Rt Features backed Sundance hits Call Me By Your Name, which Luca Guadagnino directed and Spc will release, and Geremy Jasper’s Patti Cake$, which Fox Searchlight picked up in Park City.
Sao Paulo-based...
- 4/6/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
“Personal Shopper” and “Clouds of Sils Maria” director Olivier Assayas is onboard to write and direct the film adaptation of “The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five,” by Fernando Morais, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The film, which will be titled “Wasp Network,” is being produced by Rt Features and CG Cinema.
Read More: How Kristen Stewart and Olivier Assayas Bring the Dead Back to Life in ‘Personal Shopper’
Published in June of 2015, Morais’ book tells the story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder. They were freed in December 2014.
“Wasp Network” will be produced by Rodrigo Teixeira, from Rt Features, and Charles Gillibert, from CG Cinema. Rt’s Lourenco Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas will serve as executive producers. Gillibert previously produced Assayas’ films “Summer Hours...
Read More: How Kristen Stewart and Olivier Assayas Bring the Dead Back to Life in ‘Personal Shopper’
Published in June of 2015, Morais’ book tells the story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder. They were freed in December 2014.
“Wasp Network” will be produced by Rodrigo Teixeira, from Rt Features, and Charles Gillibert, from CG Cinema. Rt’s Lourenco Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas will serve as executive producers. Gillibert previously produced Assayas’ films “Summer Hours...
- 4/6/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
When we recently spoke to Olivier Assayas regarding his supernatural drama Personal Shopper, he expressed interest in returning to his once-shelved crime drama Idol’s Eye, now with Sylvester Stallone starring alongside Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson. While that is still expected to be his next film, it looks like he has more than one project in mind, for he’s set his sights on a spy thriller.
The Clouds of Sils Maria director will helm Wasp Network, adapted from the Fernando Morais book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. The film may also see him head to the United States, as it takes place in 1980s and 1990s Florida and Cuba, following the real-life terrorist network that involved anti-Castro groups who would attack Cuba, and the retaliation from the Wasp Network, made up of 14 people who infiltrated the organizations. It sounds like intense material for Assayas, who will...
The Clouds of Sils Maria director will helm Wasp Network, adapted from the Fernando Morais book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. The film may also see him head to the United States, as it takes place in 1980s and 1990s Florida and Cuba, following the real-life terrorist network that involved anti-Castro groups who would attack Cuba, and the retaliation from the Wasp Network, made up of 14 people who infiltrated the organizations. It sounds like intense material for Assayas, who will...
- 4/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper director Olivier Assayas has lined up another project: He will write and direct Wasp Network, an adaptation of Fernando Morais’ book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War.
Wasp Network is the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s who reveal the tentacles of a terrorist network based in Florida.
Morais' book, published June 16, 2015, remains a timely tale, especially with the recent changes in relations between Cuba and the U.S. His book delves into the decades-long conflict between Cuba and the U.S. and the growth...
Wasp Network is the true story of Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s who reveal the tentacles of a terrorist network based in Florida.
Morais' book, published June 16, 2015, remains a timely tale, especially with the recent changes in relations between Cuba and the U.S. His book delves into the decades-long conflict between Cuba and the U.S. and the growth...
- 4/6/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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