Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Uma Thurman Is Vera Atkins In Biopic

Uma Thurman will play World War II intelligence officer Vera Atkins in the biopic drama "Night and Fog" says ScreenDaily .


Atkins was an intelligence officer for Special Operations Executive’s French Section who trained and dispatched agents to Occupied France. After the conflict, she makes it her mission to discover the fate of those who went missing during her tenure.

The film will focus on another famous element of her story, specifically her involvement in the interrogation of Rudolf Höss, the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp commandant

Atkins has been cited as the inspiration for Miss Moneypenny in James Bond creator Ian Fleming's series

 John Hay’s directing a script based on author Sarah Helm’s non-fiction novel "A Life in Secrets"

Jeremy Bolt and Elliot Jenkins are producing 'Fog'.

Filming begins in Northern Ireland in 2015.

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