Fresh Face Lands Lead Opposite Firth In "The Secret Service"

Newcomer Taron Egerton will start negotiating shortly for the second lead role in "The Secret Service" for Fox says Variety.

Created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons--the comic book follows a seasoned Secret Service agent (Colin Firth) who takes a younger agent  (Egerton) under his wing as they investigate the murder of every resident of a small town and a mysterious secret involving Mount Everest.

Egerton beat out Jack O'Connell, John Boyega Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Christian Cooke .

Michael Caine has also joined the cast in the role of the head of the Secret Service.

Matthew Vaughn will call action from an adapted script he wrote with Jane Goldman.

Production is set to begin this Fall.

The film is currently scheduled for a November 14th 2014 debut.