The action thriller Agent Stone (Heart of Stone) is the movie with which Gal Gadot could become the star of a new franchise of spies in the style of Mission Impossible, only this time focused on a female heroine. Excited about this possibility? Next, we tell you everything you need to know about this upcoming Netflix film, which will arrive in its catalog of streaming in summer 2023.
What is it about Agent Stone?
Of the film, an official synopsis shared by Netflix dictates the following:
“Rachel Stone appears to be an inexperienced technician in an elite unit of MI6. But what her MI6 team doesn’t know is that Stone actually works for a covert organization whose job it is to maintain world peace and neutralize any threat through cutting-edge technology.
Rachel has received the best professional training to be a phenomenal agent who always does her job, following orders and trusting no one. But when a mysterious hacker derails a routine mission, Rachel’s two worlds collide. And in a race against time to protect the organization from her, the protagonist’s humanity might just be her most valuable resource.
The argument starts from an original idea of greg ruckarecognized for writing the comic series The old guard and its eponymous film adaptation starring Charlize Theron. Rucka was also a co-writer for Agent Stonein complicity with Allison Schroedernominated for an Oscar in 2017 for the biographical film hidden talents.
The cast
the famous gal gadot (Wonder Woman) leads the cast of the film, in the role of the tenacious Rachel Stone. It should be remembered that the Israeli actor previously starred —along with Ryan Gosling and Dwayne Johnson— the action film Red alertwhich to date is considered the most viewed movie in Netflix history, based on cumulative views in its first 28 days.
The cast of Agent Stone also has Jamie Dornan (Belfast) in the role of agent Parker, leader of the elite unit to which the protagonist belongs. Besides the Bollywood actress, Alia Bhatt (RRR), who plays a hacker named Keya Dhawan.
Actresses and actors are also added Sophie Okonedo (Raymond & Ray), Matthias Schweighöfer (the army of the dead), Jing Lusi (madly millionaires) and Paul Ready (The excavation), among others.
what to expect from Agent Stone?
Director Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders) declared to Entertainment Weekly that the decision to make this film came from a desire to bring something new to the spy genre; an original story that will also feature a woman in the leading role.
“There were a couple of things that caught my attention right away. The first was that it was an original film in a genre that is full of great franchises, but that they are things that have been around for a long time, ”said the director months ago. “The ones of Mission Impossiblethose of [James] bond, the bourne… I love those movies, but they’ve all been around for decades, so working on something that was an addition to that genre seemed very exciting and a real opportunity to me. I also loved the fact that it had a female lead at the center.”
In addition to being a star actress, Gal Gadot is a producer of Agent Stone, through its brand Pilot Wave. According to the histrión (via Collider), she started talks with the production house Skydance Media since 2017 to bring this project to life, after Wonder Woman made him see that “it’s okay to dream and produce an action movie starring women.”
In September 2022, a first look at Agent Stone it featured the titular character—a woman who “lives on adrenaline”—jumping out of planes, riding motorcycles at high speed, and fighting enemies bare-handed. The film was shot primarily on location in Iceland, London, and Portugal.
“I think I can be a great spy. I hope to be,” Gadot told L’Officiel USA. “[Agente Stone] it’s a huge movie. Its reach is amazing and it looks amazing. It has all the right ingredients and the cast is amazing. The action is spectacular and I can’t wait to share it with everyone.”
When it premieres Agent Stone?
Agent Stone will hit the Netflix catalog on August 11, 2023.
official poster
First Look (September 24, 2022)
official trailer for Agent Stone (June 17, 2023)
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