Ahead of the release of the first trailer for Spooks: The Greater Good, which will be unveiled tomorrow morning (January 29) at 8am, Kudos and Paramount Pictures has unveiled two new posters for the film starring Peter Firth and Kit Harington.
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Directed by Bharat Nalluri, the movie version of the TV series – which ended on BBC One in 2011 after ten years – will also star Jennifer Ehle, Tuppence Middleton, Eleanor Matsuura and Elyes Gabel. Tim McInnerny and Lara Pulver will be reprising their roles from the TV series as Mace and Erin Watts.
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The film sees charismatic terrorist Adam Qasim (Gabel) escape from MI5 custody during a routine handover, the Head of Counter Terrorism, Sir Harry Pearce (Firth) – is blamed. Disgraced and forced to resign, no-one’s surprised when Harry disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames…
With MI5 on its knees in the wake of the Qasim debacle and facing controversial reform, former officer Will Crombie (Harington) is brought back to uncover the truth they feared – Harry’s still alive. He’s gone rogue, and needs Will’s help.
As Qasim prepares his devastating attack on the heart of London, Will must decide whether to turn Harry in – or risk everything by trusting the damaged, dangerous master spy who has already betrayed him once before…
Spooks: The Greater Good is released in cinemas on 8th May 2015.