Kit Harington and Jennifer Ehle have signed on for the big screen adaptation of the British show Spooks.
The two join the already cast Peter Firth for Spooks: The Greater Good, Deadline reports. Firth was in the original series. Bharat Nalluri, who is also from the TV series, is set to direct and will begin shooting in early 2014.
Altitude Film Sales is looking for foreign buyers at the American Film Market. Shine Pictures and Kudos will step in to produce the film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Spooks will follow the Game of Thrones actor, who plays an agent, Will Crombie, looking into how a terrorist slipped away from custody as a possible terrorist attack hangs over everyone's heads. Firth will play the MI5 Head of Counter Terrorism Harry Pearce.
No word on what the Zero Dark Thirty actress' role will be in the film, other than her character's name is Geraldine Maltby and she works at MI5.
Shine Pictures' Stephen Garrett said, "With Spooks: The Greater Good we've set out to make a gripping, cinematic, contemporary spy thriller -- one that builds on the history of the show and its legacy of questioning the world around us, but which also delivers as a stand-alone film for a new, global audience."
Ollie Madden, who is producing alongside Garrett for Shine, added, "We are delight that Kit Harington, who blew us away as Jon Snow, will star in the lead role as Will Crombie, alongside the wonderful Jennifer Ehle as Dame Geraldine Maltby of MI5. Together with Peter Firth, who has been in this from the beginning, we're thrilled to be bringing together such an exciting cast."
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