The Coldest City, Starring Theron and McAvoy, is Coming in August of 2017

The Coldest City is coming in August of 2017

Focus Features announced today the release date for The Coldest City, based on the graphic novel by Antony Johnston and illustrator Sam Hart.

Directed by David Leitch from an adapted screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, The Coldest City opens in theaters on August 11, 2017. The other films scheduled for that date are Warner Bros.’ CHiPs and Sony Pictures Animation’s The Emoji Movie.

The Coldest City is a high-stakes, global action-thriller that takes place in the city of Berlin, on the eve of the Wall’s collapse and the shifting of superpower alliances. Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) portrays Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, who is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons unknown. She is ordered to cooperate with Berlin station chief David Percival (James McAvoy of X-Men), and the two form an uneasy alliance, unleashing their full arsenal of skills in pursuing a threat that jeopardizes the West’s entire intelligence operation.

John Goodman, Sofia Boutella, Til Schweiger, James Faulkner, Eddie Marsan, Roland Møller, Bill Skarsgård, Barbara Sukowa, Johannes Johannesson and Toby Jones co-star.

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