John Cusack, Brianna Hildebrand and Jake Abel

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Jake Abel (Malignant, Walker), Briana Hildebrand (Deadpool, Lucifer) and John Cusack (High Fidelity, Love & Mercy) are set to guide spy thriller Fog of War, the newest challenge from Yale Entertainment.

Michael Day (Clawfoot) is directing from a screenplay by Luke Langsdale. Producers are Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Michael Day, in addition to Scott Levenson. Yale Entertainment’s gross sales arm, Great Escape, shall be introducing the challenge to consumers in Cannes.

Set within the closing months of WWII, Fog of War tells the story of injured American pilot Gene (Abel) and his OSS agent fiancée Penny (Hildebrand) as they retreat to a distant property in Massachusetts to stick with Penny’s distant uncle Robert (Cusack). Unbeknownst to her, the OSS has recruited Gene to spy on the household and the encircling group as top-secret paperwork associated to the D-Day invasion have been stolen and an enemy mole is someplace close by, getting ready to show these plans over to the Axis Powers.

“As soon as we finished reading the script, we knew we had to make this film. It’s full of twists and keeps you guessing,” stated Yale Entertainment’s Levine and Beckerman. “We couldn’t be happier with the amazing cast and production team we have lined up.”

Added Great Escape president Nicholas Donnermeyer: “We’re thrilled to be introducing this exciting and unique project to buyers. It’s a fantastic, gripping script that combines aspects of Agatha Christie and John le Carré. This is a film that will have audiences riveted.”

Executive producers embrace Robert Levine, Luke Langsdale, Roorey Rooney, Brian Unger, Greg Ruden, Anne Ruden, Nick Donnermeyer, Michael J. Rothstein, Jason Kringstein, Luke Taylor, Matthew Helderman, Thomas Mann, Tamazin Simmonds, Sabine Stener, Jeffrey Tussi, David Nazar, Will Hirscheld, Aden Darmody, Jesse Korman and Nick Phillips. 

Jake Abel is repped by APA and Untitled Entertainment, Brianna Hildebrand is repped by APA, Luber Roklin and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson, and John Cusack is repped by Andrew Rogers and Jim Osborne at APA.