Red Sparrow

Initial release: March 1, 2018 (Germany)

Director: Francis Lawrence

Music composed by: James Newton Howard

Screenplay: Justin Haythe, Eric Singer

Production companies: 20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment

Producers: Peter Chernin, Steven Zaillian, Jenno Topping, David Ready

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

       This article is about the film. For the book, see Red Sparrow (book).

      Red Sparrow is an upcoming American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence,       based on the novel of the same name, written by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jeremy Irons. It is scheduled to be released on March 2, 2018.

The film tells about the Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova and CIA agent Nathaniel Nash, the American mole in Russia, whom she should expose.

Premise

A Russian spy (Jennifer Lawrence) falls for a CIA officer (Joel Edgerton) and considers becoming a double agent.

Cast

• Jennifer Lawrence as Dominika Egorova (DIVA)
• Joel Edgerton as Nathaniel Nash
• Matthias Schoenaerts as Ivan Dimitrevich Egorov
• Charlotte Rampling as the Headmistress of Sparrow School
• Mary-Louise Parker as Senator Stephanie Boucher (SWAN)
• Jeremy Irons as General Vladimir Andreievich Korchnoi (MARBLE)
• Ciaran Hi
• p as Marty Gable
• Sakina Jaf
• nds as Colonel Alexei Ivanovich Zyuganov
• Bill Camfrey as Trish Forsyth
• Joely Richardson as Nina Egorova
• Thekla Reuten as Marta Yelenova
• Douglas Hodge as Maxim Volontov
• Sasha Frolova as Anya
• Kristof Konrad as Dimitri Ustinov

Production

Production started in Budapest and Dunaújváros in Hungary on January 5, 2017. Other filming locations include Festetics Mansion in Dég, Hungary, Bratislava, Slovakia, and Vienna, Austria. On May 3, 2017, Jennifer Lawrence was spotted shooting some scenes at London's Heathrow Airport.