James Bond inspired The Man from U.N.C.L.E., with Swedish actress Alicia Vikander in one of the leading roles, premieres at cinemas in Sweden on 14th August 2015.
Henry Cavill (considered and tested for the role of James Bond after Pierce Brosnan) stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie’s action adventure The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series (1964–1968) with the same name.
Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
Film details:
Genre: Action, Adventure
Director: Guy Ritchie (directed Noomi Rapace in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011)
Actors: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, Hugh Grant
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Official trailer #1 from Warner Bros. Pictures: (released 11th February, 2015)