Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender Spy Drama Black Bag From Steven Soderbergh Gets 20

Publish date: 2024-08-12

Focus Features has set a release date for Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming “Black Bag,” starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The spy drama will open in theaters on March 14.

Universal Pictures International will handle the international release with Focus Features handling domestic distribution.

Also starring in the high-stakes mystery are Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. “Jurassic Park” scribe David Koepp, who collaborated with Soderbergh on “Kimi” and his most recent feature “Presence,” wrote the screenplay. Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs are producing.

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Two-time Oscar nominee Fassbender previously starred in Soderbergh’s action movie “Haywire,” while Blanchett starred in “The Good German” and “Ocean’s 8.” Blanchett, a two-time Oscar winner, is starring in video game adaptation “Borderlands,” which opens Aug. 9. Fassbender stars in the Irish feature “Kneecap,” opening Aug. 2.

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Plot details for Soderbergh’s latest are being kept under wraps. In addition to this year’s “Presence,” in 2023 Soderbergh directed the mini-series “Full Circle” and “Command Z” and helmed “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” He won the Oscar for best director for “Traffic” in 2001, and was nominated for “Erin Brockovich” the same year.

Focus Features has a substantial upcoming slate including “Piece By Piece,” an animated biopic from Morgan Neville that tells the life story of Pharrell Williams using Lego bricks. Also on the release sked are Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu,” Edward Berger’s thriller “Conclave,” Sundance award-winner “Dìdi” from Sean Wang, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons and the third feature in the “Downton Abbey” franchise.

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