{"id":415323,"date":"2026-05-06T23:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415323\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:53:08","slug":"miles-teller-eddie-redmayne-to-lead-doug-liman-spy-thriller-star-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415323\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles Teller, Eddie Redmayne to Lead Doug Liman Spy Thriller Star One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEddie Redmayne<\/a> and Miles Teller<\/a> are in talks to star in \u201cStar One,\u201d a new spy thriller from Doug Liman<\/a> set to launch at the market in Cannes.<\/p>\n

\n\tLiman \u2014\u00a0who recently wrapped AI thriller \u201cBitcoin\u201d starring Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson \u2014\u00a0is directing from a script by David Coggeshall. BAFTA Award nominee P.J. van Sandwijk (\u201cFerrari\u201d) will produce for Storyteller Productions alongside Project X Entertainment\u2019s William Sherak (\u201cScream 7\u201d) James Vanderbilt (\u201cNuremberg\u201d), and Paul Neinstein (\u201cThe Night Agent\u201d). CAA<\/a> is representing domestic sales for the film, with Black Bear handling international.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStar One\u201d follows two wildly mismatched CIA agents, the first daring and charismatic (Teller), and the other, a strait-laced strategist (Redmayne), who must work together to execute a top-secret mission: a treacherous journey across thousands of miles of enemy territory to covertly deliver arms. As per the synopsis: \u201cThis is the untold true story of the first intelligence star ever awarded for one of the most important yet least known missions in modern history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLiman is knowns for hits such as \u201cEdge of Tomorrow,\u201d starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, \u201cMr. & Mrs. Smith,\u201d starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and the Matt Damon-led \u201cThe Bourne Identity.\u201d His 2010 CIA thriller \u201cFair Game,\u201d starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, premiered in competition at Cannes. Liman\u2019s other films include \u201cThe Instigators,\u201d \u201cRoad House,\u201d \u201cJumper,\u201d and \u201cSwingers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTeller earned widespread critical acclaim for his breakout performance in \u201cWhiplash,\u201d and went on to star in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick.\u201d He also led Apple Original Films\u2019 \u201cThe Gorge,\u201d and can currently be seen starring in the hit biopic\u00a0\u201cMichael\u201d and was most recently featured in A24\u2019s acclaimed \u201cEternity.\u201d He\u2019s next be seen James Gray\u2019s\u00a0\u201cPaper Tiger\u201d which he starts opposite Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, which is set to premiere in Cannes and was recently acquired by\u00a0Neon.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn Oscar and BAFTA winner for his lead role in \u201cThe Theory of Everything,\u201d Redmayne, meanwhile, is currently in production on the second season of Peacock and Sky\u2019s hit series \u201cThe Day of Jackal.\u201d The first season earned him Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics\u2019 Choice nominations. Up next, he\u2019ll star in Warner Bros.\u2019 \u201cPanic Carefully\u201d opposite Julia Roberts.<\/p>\n

\n\tCoggeshall wrote \u201cThe Family Plan\u201d and \u201cThe Family Plan 2,\u201d both starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan. He also wrote \u201cOrphan: First Kill\u201d and the upcoming \u201cOrphan 3,\u201d as well as \u201cThe Deliverance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLiman is represented by CAA and Weintraub Tobin Chediak. Teller is represented by CAA and Goodman Genow Schenkman. Redmayne is represented by CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Coggeshall is represented by Writ Large, and McKuin Frankel Whitehead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Redmayne and Miles Teller are in talks to star in \u201cStar One,\u201d a new spy thriller from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[55603,430,115294,213627,156,60684,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-415323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-caa","tag-celebrities","tag-doug-liman","tag-eddie-redmayne","tag-entertainment","tag-miles-teller","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}