«Argylle» is an upcoming spy action comedy film directed and produced by Matthew Vaughn, and written by Jason Fuchs.
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- Matthew Vaughn cast Henry Cavill because “he needed someone who was born to play James Bond – which Henry is – and then nick him before Bond’s studio did.”
- Director Matthew Vaughn describes this movie as his ode to 1980s action movies like Too Hard To Die (1988) and Lethal Weapon (1987).
- Second collaboration between Matthew Vaughn and Henry Cavill. Their first time working together since Stardust (2007).
- Fourth spy film for Henry Cavill.
- Alfie the Cat is played by Chip, owned by Matthew Vaughn’s wife Claudia Schiffer.
- Argylle is named after the argyle diamond design that originated in Scotland.
- On July 8, 2021, singer and actress Dua Lipa published the movie poster on her Instagram social network profile.
- Dua Lipa will also produce the theme song for the film as well as acting in it, according to internal sources.
- This is the second time John Cena and Dua Lipa worked together. They previously portrayed Mermaid Barbie and Mermaid Ken in Barbie.
- On July 8, 2021, the Instagram profiles of Dua Lipa and MARV Films simultaneously published the movie posters. Followed later by posts on the profiles of other cast members. Dua’s has a pink background with the title character on the back, wielding a weapon; while MARV’s poster was released on video with the background alternating its colors between purple, cyano, pink, blue and green respectively.
- Argylle is an upcoming spy action comedy film.\
- It is directed and produced by Matthew Vaughn.
- The screenplay is written by Jason Fuchs.
- The film features an ensemble cast that includes Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson.
- Argylle is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 2, 2024 by Universal Pictures theatrically.
- It will be also released on Apple TV+ at an undetermined date.
- Argylle is intended to serve as the start of a franchise consisting of at least a trilogy of films.
- The film was announced in June 2021, with Matthew Vaughn attached to direct and produce for Marv Studios.
- The ensemble cast was announced in the following months, and it was reported that the script was written by Jason Fuchs, based on the yet-to-be-released novel by first-time author Elly Conway.
- In August 2021, Apple TV+ bought the rights to the film for $200 million.
- Vaughn said the COVID-19 pandemic gave him the time to work on the film.
- Principal photography began that same month in London with cinematographer George Richmond.
- It took place across various locations in Europe.
- The production used studios in Greenford, Park Royal, and Bovingdon to shoot the film.
- Background shots were filmed in Greece and the United States.
- The Hollywood Reporter questioned the identity of first-time author Elly Conway, whose book is the basis of the film, as the only evidence of her existence include an Instagram account with no posts and a two-line bio that says she resides in the United States.
- They also pointed out that her name is spelled differently, as Ellie, on the website of the publisher Penguin Random House.
- They also said their attempts to contact her, her publicist, and her talent agent were unsuccessful.
- The trailer reveals the film’s protagonist is in fact the in-universe author of the Argylle novels.
- A spy novelist whose books are used as inspirations for a criminal organization was the basis of Roger Moore’s The Saint episode, “The Fiction Makers”.
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