Fifth Season has secured multiple pre-sales for Legacy of Spies, the upcoming John le Carré adaptation produced by The Ink Factory for BBC and MGM+.
The eight-part espionage thriller — adapted from le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold — is currently in production and will have its premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the U.K. and on MGM+ in the U.S.
When operative Alec Leamas (Charlie Hunnam) recruits Doris Quinz (Lingau Islamoğlu), a young and dynamic East German woman, to smuggle high-value Stasi documents into the West, it sets in motion a series of events that threaten to explode in the crucible of Cold War Berlin. Behind the scenes, the taciturn spymaster George Smiley (Matthew Macfadyen) orchestrates operations while the elusive Soviet mastermind Karla looms in the shadows, setting the stage for a conflict that will define a generation.
Deals have been signed with MGM+ beyond the U.S. for markets including Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America, alongside SBS for Australia, Sky New Zealand and Sky Switzerland. A further multi-country deal has been secured with CANAL+ for France & French-speaking regions including Switzerland, and Central & Eastern Europe and Africa.
Legacy of Spies is produced by The Ink Factory, in co-production with Amusement Park Film and in association with 127 Wall Productions and Paramount Television Studios, for the BBC and MGM+.
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