As announced on SiriusXM yesterday, on September 28, Reprise Records will release “An American Treasure” — a career-spanning Tom Petty box set containing dozens of previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions of classic songs, rarities, historic live performances and deep tracks. An American Treasuremarks the first release of Tom Petty music since the artist’s tragic passing in October 2017.
The first single from the set is “Keep A Little Soul,” a previously unreleased recording from 1982 sessions that resulted in Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ classic album, “Long After Dark”. Watch the video featuring rare never-before-seen footage of the band here.
According to the announcement on a redesigned Petty website, Tom’s daughter, Adria, and his wife, Dana, were the primary catalysts for the commission, creation and release of “An American Treasure.” Both serve as the project’s Executive Producers, and, together with Tom’s bandmates of 45 years, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, and his studio collaborator,...
The first single from the set is “Keep A Little Soul,” a previously unreleased recording from 1982 sessions that resulted in Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ classic album, “Long After Dark”. Watch the video featuring rare never-before-seen footage of the band here.
According to the announcement on a redesigned Petty website, Tom’s daughter, Adria, and his wife, Dana, were the primary catalysts for the commission, creation and release of “An American Treasure.” Both serve as the project’s Executive Producers, and, together with Tom’s bandmates of 45 years, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, and his studio collaborator,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Sienna Miller as Estella Huni, and Paul Rudd as Moe Berg, in Ben Lewin’s The Catcher Was A Spy. Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release.
The Catcher Was A Spy is a strange slice of history, about a real-life Jewish Major League baseball catcher with a degree from Princeton and a knack for languages who turned spy during World War II. As catcher Moe Berg, Paul Rudd heads an impressive cast in a historical film with polished good looks and a score by Howard Shore. The film assembled all the right elements for a prestige biopic but does not quite score a hit.
The Catcher Was A Spy is available on-demand from IFC starting Friday, June 22, and in theaters in New York and Los Angeles.
Part biopic and part WWII spy thriller, The Catcher Was A Spy focuses on a particular part of Moe Berg’s life.
The Catcher Was A Spy is a strange slice of history, about a real-life Jewish Major League baseball catcher with a degree from Princeton and a knack for languages who turned spy during World War II. As catcher Moe Berg, Paul Rudd heads an impressive cast in a historical film with polished good looks and a score by Howard Shore. The film assembled all the right elements for a prestige biopic but does not quite score a hit.
The Catcher Was A Spy is available on-demand from IFC starting Friday, June 22, and in theaters in New York and Los Angeles.
Part biopic and part WWII spy thriller, The Catcher Was A Spy focuses on a particular part of Moe Berg’s life.
- 6/22/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On paper, this should have been a home run. Adapted from Nicholas Dawidoff’s historical biography of the same name, “The Catcher Was a Spy” is a stiff and serene biopic about a man named Moe Berg, an enigmatic Jew who capped off his middling career with the Boston Red Sox by traveling to Nazi Germany under secret government orders to determine if Hitler was building an atomic bomb, and to assassinate the Nobel Prize-winning scientist in charge of the project if so.
It’s a hell of a war story, combining the foreign intrigue of “The Third Man” with the high-wire suspense of “Where Eagles Dare” (with a touch of homoerotic tension drizzled on top for good measure). Throw in an all-star cast that surrounds Paul Rudd’s lead performance with pinch-hitters like (take a deep breath) Paul Giamatti, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce,...
It’s a hell of a war story, combining the foreign intrigue of “The Third Man” with the high-wire suspense of “Where Eagles Dare” (with a touch of homoerotic tension drizzled on top for good measure). Throw in an all-star cast that surrounds Paul Rudd’s lead performance with pinch-hitters like (take a deep breath) Paul Giamatti, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce,...
- 6/22/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, they say – and the path of good intentions, we'd wager, is liberally bricked with dull, earnest important-man biopics. An adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 book of the same name, The Catcher Was a Spy rewinds back to the mid-1930s, when baseball player Moses "Moe" Berg (Paul Rudd) was on the Boston Red Sox roster and keeping Fenway fans cheering on their feet. He gets a little guff for being a Jew (per Berg, he modestly characterizes himself as "Jew-ish" with...
- 6/20/2018
- Rollingstone.com
The Catcher Was a Spy Trailer
Ben Lewin‘s The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) movie trailer stars Mark Strong, Jeff Daniels, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, and Sienna Miller. The Catcher Was a Spy‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Nicholas Dawidoff, “This gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of [Morris [...]
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Ben Lewin‘s The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) movie trailer stars Mark Strong, Jeff Daniels, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, and Sienna Miller. The Catcher Was a Spy‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Nicholas Dawidoff, “This gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of [Morris [...]
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- 5/5/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
I've got a fantastic trailer for Paul Rudd's new film The Catcher Was a Spy. This is a very different film for Rudd to be a part of and he did a fantastic job in it. The film is a gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller that tells the fascinating true story of Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a World War II spy.
A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely-guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg (Paul Rudd) was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the Us government’s wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi’s chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb. Trading in his catcher’s mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of...
A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely-guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg (Paul Rudd) was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the Us government’s wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi’s chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb. Trading in his catcher’s mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of...
- 5/3/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Before he gets small later this summer, Paul Rudd is doing some good ol’ fashioned drama with The Catcher Was a Spy. Premiering at Sundance earlier this year, the WWII-set feature comes from Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and also stars Mark Strong, Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti, Sienna Miller, and Guy Pearce. The true story follows Rudd as Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. Ahead of a release next month from IFC Films, the first trailer has now arrived.
“From the start, there’s plenty to like about The Catcher Was a Spy, directed by Ben Lewin and starring Paul Rudd,” Dan Mecca said in his review. “Based on the fascinating life of pro baseball player Moe Berg and adapted from Nicholas Dawidoff’s book of the same name, this is the type of film that feels slightly out of place at Sundance. There...
“From the start, there’s plenty to like about The Catcher Was a Spy, directed by Ben Lewin and starring Paul Rudd,” Dan Mecca said in his review. “Based on the fascinating life of pro baseball player Moe Berg and adapted from Nicholas Dawidoff’s book of the same name, this is the type of film that feels slightly out of place at Sundance. There...
- 5/3/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Distribute sets June 22 release for Sundance premiere.
IFC Films has acquired Us rights to Second World War drama The Catcher Was A Spy starring Paul Rudd, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce, and Paul Giamatti.
Ben Lewin directed from a screenplay by Robert Rodat based upon Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 non-fiction book The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life Of Moe Berg.
PalmStar Media’s Kevin Frakes, Animus Films’ Jim Young, Serena Films’ Tatiana Kelly and Windy Hill Pictures’ Buddy Patrick produced the film, which debuted in Sundance at the start of the year. IFC Films has set a theatrical...
IFC Films has acquired Us rights to Second World War drama The Catcher Was A Spy starring Paul Rudd, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce, and Paul Giamatti.
Ben Lewin directed from a screenplay by Robert Rodat based upon Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 non-fiction book The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life Of Moe Berg.
PalmStar Media’s Kevin Frakes, Animus Films’ Jim Young, Serena Films’ Tatiana Kelly and Windy Hill Pictures’ Buddy Patrick produced the film, which debuted in Sundance at the start of the year. IFC Films has set a theatrical...
- 5/1/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “The Catcher Was a Spy,” starring Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller, the distribution company announced Tuesday.
Directed by Ben Lewin and written by Robert Rodat, the film is based upon the 1995 non-fiction bestseller “The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg” by Nicholas Dawidoff.
The World War II drama also stars Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce and Paul Giamatti and was produced by PalmStar Media’s Kevin Frakes, Animus Films’ Jim Young, Serena Films’ Tatiana Kelly and Windy Hill Pictures’ Buddy Patrick.
“The Catcher Was a Spy” is based on the true story of Major League Baseball player Moe Berg, who joined the U.S. in its wartime efforts to defeat the Nazis. But once he ascertains how close the Nazis are to building an atomic bomb, he has to make the life-or-death decision that will impact the rest of humanity.
Directed by Ben Lewin and written by Robert Rodat, the film is based upon the 1995 non-fiction bestseller “The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg” by Nicholas Dawidoff.
The World War II drama also stars Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce and Paul Giamatti and was produced by PalmStar Media’s Kevin Frakes, Animus Films’ Jim Young, Serena Films’ Tatiana Kelly and Windy Hill Pictures’ Buddy Patrick.
“The Catcher Was a Spy” is based on the true story of Major League Baseball player Moe Berg, who joined the U.S. in its wartime efforts to defeat the Nazis. But once he ascertains how close the Nazis are to building an atomic bomb, he has to make the life-or-death decision that will impact the rest of humanity.
- 5/1/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
IFC acquired U.S. rights to The Catcher Was a Spy, with Paul Rudd starring as Moe Berg. He was a pro ballplayer who was a spy against the Nazis.
Pic premiered at Sundance. Ben Lewin directed the film, which also stars Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce and Paul Giamatti. Robert Rodate wrote the script based on the Nicholas Dawidoff book. Kevin Frakes, Jim Young, Tatiana Kelly and Buddy Patrick produced.
Pic will be released June 22, 2018.
Pic premiered at Sundance. Ben Lewin directed the film, which also stars Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce and Paul Giamatti. Robert Rodate wrote the script based on the Nicholas Dawidoff book. Kevin Frakes, Jim Young, Tatiana Kelly and Buddy Patrick produced.
Pic will be released June 22, 2018.
- 5/1/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Rudd takes on one of the most dramatic roles in his career in his upcoming film The Catcher Was a Spy. I’m a big fan of Paul Rudd and he always tends to make interesting and good films with humor. This movie is definitely a departure from what we are used to seeing from Rudd, but he does a great job in it.
The movie is set during World War II and Rudd plays a major league baseball player named Moe Berg, who was a catcher for the Red Sox. It's based on the true story of how he was recruited by the government to assassinate a German scientist named Werner Heisenberg (Mark Strong) who the government believes is developing an atomic weapon for Nazi Germany and they want to stop him.
Before Moe Berg was recruited by the Office of Security Services (the precursor to the CIA), he was a catcher,...
The movie is set during World War II and Rudd plays a major league baseball player named Moe Berg, who was a catcher for the Red Sox. It's based on the true story of how he was recruited by the government to assassinate a German scientist named Werner Heisenberg (Mark Strong) who the government believes is developing an atomic weapon for Nazi Germany and they want to stop him.
Before Moe Berg was recruited by the Office of Security Services (the precursor to the CIA), he was a catcher,...
- 1/30/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Rudd plays a real-life Boston Red Sox catcher-turned-second world war secret agent in a serviceable adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff’s bestselling biography
Paul Rudd is fantastic as the enigmatic Moe Berg, a real life footnote from history in the serviceable thriller The Catcher Was A Spy. This is the type of film that causes you to run to Wikipedia the moment it ends to learn just how much of it is true. As is always the case, this is a bad idea. Nevertheless, this movie, which is all plot and very little drama, remains engaging because the story is so neat.
But considering this adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff’s bestselling book took almost 14 years to get made, and with who knows how many different directors, it is a reminder that every weird true tale doesn’t always lend itself to a film.
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Paul Rudd is fantastic as the enigmatic Moe Berg, a real life footnote from history in the serviceable thriller The Catcher Was A Spy. This is the type of film that causes you to run to Wikipedia the moment it ends to learn just how much of it is true. As is always the case, this is a bad idea. Nevertheless, this movie, which is all plot and very little drama, remains engaging because the story is so neat.
But considering this adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff’s bestselling book took almost 14 years to get made, and with who knows how many different directors, it is a reminder that every weird true tale doesn’t always lend itself to a film.
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- 1/25/2018
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
From the start, there’s plenty to like about The Catcher Was a Spy, directed by Ben Lewin and starring Paul Rudd. Based on the fascinating life of pro baseball player Moe Berg and adapted from Nicholas Dawidoff’s book of the same name, this is the type of film that feels slightly out of place at Sundance. There’s nothing particularly controversial about the subject matter, nothing brazen or overly ambitious in the technique. Lewin is clearly angling for a classical Hollywood studio picture aesthetic and he mostly succeeds, only sometimes betrayed by his budget.
Rudd plays Berg, a washed-up catcher who takes on a job with the Office of Strategic Services (Oss) after retiring from baseball. We learn early on that he’s a man of many faces. Unmarried but in a relationship with the longing Estella (Sienna Miller, wasted here) and Jewish but determined to blend in...
Rudd plays Berg, a washed-up catcher who takes on a job with the Office of Strategic Services (Oss) after retiring from baseball. We learn early on that he’s a man of many faces. Unmarried but in a relationship with the longing Estella (Sienna Miller, wasted here) and Jewish but determined to blend in...
- 1/22/2018
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
If “The Catcher Was Spy” weren’t based on a true story, you’d most likely hear people say that it was far-fetched and implausible. The story of Moe Berg, a major-league baseball player whose double life had him spying on the Germans during WWII, was originally an extraordinary book by Nicholas Dawidoff, but much like many adaptations, the translation from page to screen just doesn’t work.
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- 1/21/2018
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
Like many films adapted from biographies of lesser known figures, the story of Boston Red Sox catcher Morris Berg demands the reaction: “That wasn’t already a movie?” But there we were in Sundance on Friday night, lining up for the premiere Paul Rudd’s buzzy drama “The Catcher Was a Spy,” directed by Ben Lewin from a book by Nicholas Dawidoff. Rudd plays Berg, who in this telling is a Jewish closeted homosexual athlete recruited to stop the Nazis from developing an atom bomb. That’s pretty heavy lifting for the most versatile of our leading men, let alone America’s Favorite Nice Guy...
- 1/20/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to The Catcher Was a Spy, starring Paul Rudd.
In the historical drama, Rudd portrays Moe Berg, a major league catcher who teams up with the Office of Security Services (the precursor to the CIA) during World War II. The novice spy — is a Jewish Ivy League graduate who speaks nine languages — is quickly trained and sent into the field to stop German scientist Werner Heisenberg before he can build an atomic bomb for the Nazis.
Ben Lewin (The Sessions) directed from Robert Rodat's adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 biography. Sienna Miller, Jeff...
In the historical drama, Rudd portrays Moe Berg, a major league catcher who teams up with the Office of Security Services (the precursor to the CIA) during World War II. The novice spy — is a Jewish Ivy League graduate who speaks nine languages — is quickly trained and sent into the field to stop German scientist Werner Heisenberg before he can build an atomic bomb for the Nazis.
Ben Lewin (The Sessions) directed from Robert Rodat's adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 biography. Sienna Miller, Jeff...
- 1/19/2018
- by Ashley Lee,Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Drama was set to premiere in Galas next month.
The Catcher Was A Spy has been pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival line-up due to the production schedule.
The ensemble drama led by Paul Rudd was announced recently as one of the world premiere Galas selections set to screen in Canada next month.
However Screen has confirmed the film is still in post and will not be ready in time.
Worldwide rights holder PalmStar Media finances the feature with Windy Hill Pictures, and produces with Animus Films. UTA Independent Film Group was preparing to take the project to Toronto and field offers from buyers.
Guy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, Connie Nielsen, and Shea Whigham also star.
The story centres on professional baseball player Moe Berg, an Ivy League graduate and polyglot who became a spy during the Second World War and helped the Americans win the race to...
The Catcher Was A Spy has been pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival line-up due to the production schedule.
The ensemble drama led by Paul Rudd was announced recently as one of the world premiere Galas selections set to screen in Canada next month.
However Screen has confirmed the film is still in post and will not be ready in time.
Worldwide rights holder PalmStar Media finances the feature with Windy Hill Pictures, and produces with Animus Films. UTA Independent Film Group was preparing to take the project to Toronto and field offers from buyers.
Guy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, Connie Nielsen, and Shea Whigham also star.
The story centres on professional baseball player Moe Berg, an Ivy League graduate and polyglot who became a spy during the Second World War and helped the Americans win the race to...
- 8/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen and Shea Whigham have joined war drama Catcher Was A Spy, with Ben Lewin at the helm. The script, by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, is based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s New York Times' bestselling book and follows the true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player turned top-secret spy for the Oss. Paul Rudd stars as Moe, who was also an Ivy League graduate, attorney, and spoke nine languages. The film focuses on Moe’s…...
- 4/5/2017
- Deadline
Casting on WWII thriller The Catcher Was a Spy has ended on a triumphant high note: Mark Strong has closed a deal to play Werner Heisenberg, the renown German theoretical physicist who gained notoriety after becoming one of the principal scientists fuelling the Nazi German nuclear weapon project circa 1939.
Deadline has the scoop, confirming that Strong is the final addition to an all-star cast, one comprised of Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, Sienna Miller (The Lost City of Z), Giancarlo Giannini and Paul Rudd as the titular character, Moe Berg. During the height of World War II, Berg, a multilingual pro baseball player, spent his time off the field moonlighting as a secret agent for the Office of Strategic Services – the governmental agency that would go on to become the CIA – accepting assignments all across the Caribbean, South America and even mainland Europe.
Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 biography The Catcher Was A Spy...
Deadline has the scoop, confirming that Strong is the final addition to an all-star cast, one comprised of Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, Sienna Miller (The Lost City of Z), Giancarlo Giannini and Paul Rudd as the titular character, Moe Berg. During the height of World War II, Berg, a multilingual pro baseball player, spent his time off the field moonlighting as a secret agent for the Office of Strategic Services – the governmental agency that would go on to become the CIA – accepting assignments all across the Caribbean, South America and even mainland Europe.
Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 biography The Catcher Was A Spy...
- 3/14/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada has boarded PalmStar/Animus Films’ WWII drama The Catcher Was A Spy, joining Paul Rudd, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti and Jeff Daniels. Ben Lewin is directing the film, which is based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s Nyt bestselling book. Robert Rodat wrote the screenplay and PalmStar Media fully financing with financial partner Windy Hill Pictures. The film is based on the true story of Moe Berg (Rudd) professional baseball…...
- 3/1/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Sienna Miller and Giancarlo Giannini have joined The Catcher Was A Spy, the Ben Lewin-directed drama that stars Paul Rudd, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti and Jeff Daniels. Robert Rodat adapted the script from Nicholas Dawidoff’s bestselling book that tells the true story of Moe Berg, a major league ballplayer who was an important spy against the Nazis in WWII. While they call catcher’s equipment “the tools of ignorance,” Berg was the extreme exception, an Ivy…...
- 2/23/2017
- Deadline
Paul Rudd, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti and Jeff Daniels among previously announced cast.
Giancarlo Giannini has also joined the cast of Ben Lewin’s story about professional baseball player and polyglot Moe Berg.
The Ivy League graduate became a spy during the Second World War and helped the Americans beat the Germans in the race to make the atomic bomb.
Robert Rodat wrote the screenplay based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s book.
Miller will play Berg’s love interest Estella Huni, while Giannini will portray Italian physicist Professor Eduardo Amaldi.
PalmStar Media and Animus Films are co-producing The Catcher Was A Spy. PalmStar Media is financing the film with Windy Hill Pictures.
UTA Independent Film Group packaged the project and jointly represents the film with PalmStar.
Giancarlo Giannini has also joined the cast of Ben Lewin’s story about professional baseball player and polyglot Moe Berg.
The Ivy League graduate became a spy during the Second World War and helped the Americans beat the Germans in the race to make the atomic bomb.
Robert Rodat wrote the screenplay based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s book.
Miller will play Berg’s love interest Estella Huni, while Giannini will portray Italian physicist Professor Eduardo Amaldi.
PalmStar Media and Animus Films are co-producing The Catcher Was A Spy. PalmStar Media is financing the film with Windy Hill Pictures.
UTA Independent Film Group packaged the project and jointly represents the film with PalmStar.
- 2/23/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Catcher Was a Spy, Ben Lewin’s WWII drama that mines inspiration from Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 biography, has recruited Guy Pearce to its ranks.
That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter, noting that Pearce has landed a supporting role in the period piece, and will star opposite Ant-Man‘s Paul Rudd. Dawidoff’s biography, The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg, chronicles the remarkable journey of Berg who was, quite literally, both a catcher and a spy.
A major league baseball player by trade, Berg moonlighted for the Office of Strategic Services – the U.S. intelligence agency that went on to become the CIA we know today – during the throes of World War II, and would take on assignments all across the Caribbean, South America and Europe during his off-time from the Mlb.
THR’s report confirms that it is Paul Rudd who will take point as Moe Berg,...
That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter, noting that Pearce has landed a supporting role in the period piece, and will star opposite Ant-Man‘s Paul Rudd. Dawidoff’s biography, The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg, chronicles the remarkable journey of Berg who was, quite literally, both a catcher and a spy.
A major league baseball player by trade, Berg moonlighted for the Office of Strategic Services – the U.S. intelligence agency that went on to become the CIA we know today – during the throes of World War II, and would take on assignments all across the Caribbean, South America and Europe during his off-time from the Mlb.
THR’s report confirms that it is Paul Rudd who will take point as Moe Berg,...
- 2/1/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Guy Pearce is joining Paul Rudd in Ben Lewin's film The Catcher Was a Spy.
Lewin is directing the film based on an adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 biography The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg following a major league baseball player who also worked as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services (the U.S. intelligence agency that proceeded the CIA).
Rudd will portray Berg, who played as a catcher for various Mlb teams, including the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. During World War II, he worked as an intelligence officer, traveling on assignment...
Lewin is directing the film based on an adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 biography The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg following a major league baseball player who also worked as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services (the U.S. intelligence agency that proceeded the CIA).
Rudd will portray Berg, who played as a catcher for various Mlb teams, including the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. During World War II, he worked as an intelligence officer, traveling on assignment...
- 2/1/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Catcher Was a Spy: Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) will star as Moe Berg in The Catcher Was a Spy. It's based on a popular book by Nicholas Dawidoff that told the true story of a professional baseball player who led a double life as a spy for the U.S. during World War II. Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) wrote the screenplay; Ben Lewin (The Sessions) will direct. [Deadline] The First Omen: A prequel to 1976's The Omen is in the works. The original starred Gregory Peck as an American ambassador in Europe whose adopted son Damien may be the son of the Devil. It spawned two sequels and a remake, as well as a TV series that is currently airing. Ben Jacoby wrote the script for the prequel script, The First Omen. Antonio Campos is in negotiations to direct...
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- 4/29/2016
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
When assuming the high profile mantle of a beloved superhero, it is important for an actor to balance these franchise instalments with work of a very different kind, in order to remain relevant and sustain a career beyond spandex. This seems to be a lesson that Ant-Man’s Paul Rudd is taking seriously – not least with the news that he has been cast as the lead in the upcoming period drama, The Catcher Was A Spy.
Adapted by Academy Award nominee Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) from the bestselling 1994 book, The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life Of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff, the film will be directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions), and will feature Paul Rudd in the role of Moe Berg – linguist, lawyer, baseball player and spy. The story tells the tale of an extraordinary life, which saw Berg born in New York City in...
Adapted by Academy Award nominee Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) from the bestselling 1994 book, The Catcher Was A Spy: The Mysterious Life Of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff, the film will be directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions), and will feature Paul Rudd in the role of Moe Berg – linguist, lawyer, baseball player and spy. The story tells the tale of an extraordinary life, which saw Berg born in New York City in...
- 4/29/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
It's been really cool to watch Paul Rudd's career evolve from smaller movies like Clueless and Wet Hot American Summer to behemoths like Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War, and the best part about it has been that he's willing to keep all sorts of different projects in the mix. He's clearly graduated to the big leagues, but he still makes little comedies like They Came Together and Netflix's Wet Hot prequel First Day of Camp in between blockbusters.
Deadline announced that Rudd will be starring in The Catcher Was a Spy, the true story of Moe Berg, a baseball player who also served as a secret agent for the Oss. Here's how the outlet describes it:
Rudd will play Moe Berg, an Ivy League grad and attorney who spoke nine languages, but that wasn’t the only reason he stood out among his baseball teammates when he spent...
Deadline announced that Rudd will be starring in The Catcher Was a Spy, the true story of Moe Berg, a baseball player who also served as a secret agent for the Oss. Here's how the outlet describes it:
Rudd will play Moe Berg, an Ivy League grad and attorney who spoke nine languages, but that wasn’t the only reason he stood out among his baseball teammates when he spent...
- 4/28/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Paul Rudd is set to star in The Catcher Was a Spy, a WWII thriller that Ben Lewin (The Sessions) will direct, with PalmStar Media producing and financing. The script is by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, who adapted the Nicholas Dawidoff bestselling book. PalmStar Media’s Kevin Frakes and Mark Fasano will produce along with Animus Films’ Jim Young and Tatiana Kelly of Serena Films, and Michael Bederman. PalmStar’s Buddy Patrick will Executive…...
- 4/28/2016
- Deadline
Paul Rudd is set to star in the WWII thriller "The Catcher Was a Spy" which Ben Lewin ("The Sessions") is set to direct forPalmStar Media.
Rudd will play Moe Berg, an Ivy League grad and attorney who spoke nine languages and was a not well-regarded player for major baseball teams for fifteen years. He also doubled as a top secret spy for the Oss (a forerunner for the CIA), who helped the U.S. win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
Robert Rodat ("Saving Private Ryan") penned the script, based on the bestselling book by Nicholas Dawidoff. Kevin Frakes, Mark Fasano, Jim Young and Tatiana Kelly will produce.
Source: Deadline...
Rudd will play Moe Berg, an Ivy League grad and attorney who spoke nine languages and was a not well-regarded player for major baseball teams for fifteen years. He also doubled as a top secret spy for the Oss (a forerunner for the CIA), who helped the U.S. win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
Robert Rodat ("Saving Private Ryan") penned the script, based on the bestselling book by Nicholas Dawidoff. Kevin Frakes, Mark Fasano, Jim Young and Tatiana Kelly will produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 4/28/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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