Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender are set to star in spy thriller film Black Bag from director Steven Soderbergh
Two acclaimed actors will star together in a spy thriller from Steven Soderbergh.
Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender are now attached to lead the cast of Black Bag The Hollywood Reporter.
Blanchett, 54, last appeared on screen in the Australian drama film The New Boy (2023), and has three new projects either shooting or in post-production.
As for Fassbender, 46, he last starred in Taika Waititi’s sports comedy-drama film Next Goal Wins (2023).
The details of their new pairing in Black Bag have been largely kept under wraps, but the outlet noted that Black Bag will be set in Britain.
Cate Blanchett, 54, and Michael Fassbender, 46, will star in the upcoming thriller film Black Bag, which will be directed by Steven Soderbergh
The team behind Black Bag is looking for financing and a distribution company.
The production will film in London, England, but no deal has been reached so far.
Soderbergh will direct the feature film project written by David Keopp, who is considered by many in the industry to be one of the more established screenwriters in Hollywood.
The director and writer have a history of collaborations, including the tech thriller KIMI starring Zoe Kravitz and the thriller Presence premiering Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.
Both Blanchett and Fassbender have a history of working with Soderbergh in the past.
Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the actress starred in his noir The Good German (2008) and in Ocean’s 8, which he produced and was part of his Ocean’s 11 franchise.
Meanwhile, the native of Heidelberg, West Germany appeared in Soderbergh’s action film Haywire (2011), which focused on MMA fighter Gina Carano.
Blanchett last starred in the Australian drama film The New Boy (2023)
Fassbender last starred in Taika Waititi’s sports comedy-drama film Next Goal Wins (2023)
Soderbergh, 61, who will direct Black Bag, has worked with both Blanchett and Fassbender in the past; the filmmaker will be featured at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
Blanchett will also star in the sci-fi action comedy Borderlands, alongside Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Bobby Lee, Édgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu and Gina Gershon.
The Oscar winner also stars in the role of a tiger in the upcoming film Euphoria.
She also recently shot the dark comedy Rumors, which also stars Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, Takehiro Hira and Zlatko Burić.
Fassbender himself has two new films now in post-production, including the Irish-language film Kneecap starring Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, DJ Próvaí, Simone Kirby and Josie Walker.
He also created the martial arts comedy Kung Fury 2, David Sandberg’s sequel to Kung Fury (2015), which also stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ralf Moeller, Alexandra Shipp and Jorma Taccone.