Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan in the new trailer for The Courier

Benedict Cumberbatch, Angus Wright and Rachel Brosnahan in THE COURIER – Photo Credit Liam Daniel – Courtesy of Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions

The Courier is directed by Dominic Cooke, stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidze, Angus Wright, and Kirill Pirogov.

In this true-life Cold War spy thriller, unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Recruited by MI6 and a CIA operative (Angus Wright and 2018 Primetime Emmy® and 2018 & 2019 Golden Globe® winner Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series), Wynne forms a covert partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), and both men risk everything in a danger-fraught race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Cold War espionage thriller will be coming to homes everywhere when THE COURIER arrives on April 16, 2021, on Premium Video on Demand.