Paul Rudd Plays a Baseball Player Who is Recruited to be a Spy in the Trailer For THE CATCHER WAS A SPY

Source: geektyrant.com --- Thursday, May 03, 2018
I've got a fantastic trailer for Paul Rudd 's new film The Catcher Was a Spy . This is a very different film for Rudd to be a part of and he did a fantastic job in it. The film is a gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller that tells the fascinating true story of Moe Berg, a professional Baseball player who became a World War II spy.  A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely-guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg (Paul Rudd) was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the US government’s wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi’s chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb. Trading in his catcher’s mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. I had a chance to see this movie at Sundance earlier this year. It wasn't the most exciting movie, but the story kept me interested and Rudd gives a great performance. With Paul Rudd being on everyone's mind at the moment because of the recent Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer that was released, producers are hoping that  The film is based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 biography,  The Catcher Was a Spy  and the script was adapted by Robert Rodat  ( Saving Private Ryan ).  Ben Lewin  ( The Sessions ) directed the film. ...

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