As a fan of spy films and television programs like Tehran and Slow Horses on Apple Television Plus, I naturally was delighted by the news that Apple has actually likewise paid a major portion of modification to bring Argylle— an extravagant, star-studded spy motion picture– to its banner, at some point in 2023.
The cast for the motion picture, based upon an upcoming book of the exact same name, consists of pop super star Dua Lipa, in addition to The Witcher’s Henry Cavill. We’ll likewise see Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson in the motion picture, which is obviously about an author who had actually when been a superspy and who now experiences amnesia.
I state “obviously,” since here’s the important things. There’s a quite unusual secret surrounding this motion picture and its source product. Long story short, no pun planned, what the iPhone maker purchased here is the rights to make a $200 million Apple television Plus motion picture out of an unique from 1) a newbie author called Elly Conway with 2) practically no existence of any kind online. And it gets back at weirder.
Argylle Apple television Plus film secret
In addition to Apple investing a substantial amount of cash to adjust something from a super-mysterious, novice author– who hardly has a digital footprint, beyond 4) an empty Instagram account without any posts which follows nobody (@authorellyconway)– the book that Argylle is based upon will not even be released till next year. This Apple Television Plus offer was supposedly made on the strength of 5) merely a draft manuscript
New spy thriller #Argylle stars Henry Cavill, @DUALIPA, @JohnCena, @BryceDHoward, @BryanCranston, and @SamuelLJackson. Coming quickly to Apple television+ pic.twitter.com/CIQuVZ3akI
— Apple Television+ (@AppleTVPlus) March 8, 2022
That book was in fact expected to be released this month (September 29). That’s been postponed to March 30, according to The Hollywood Reporter And while there’s no Amazon landing page for the book yet, there is one for a German-language Kindle edition. It notes the publication date, a minimum of for that Kindle edition, as January 10.
Beyond the Instagram account above, the just other truths that are easily offered online about “Elly Conway” are as follows:
There’s a two-sentence bio offered through Argylle’s publisher, Penguin Random House: “Elly Conway is the author of the greatly expected launching thriller, Argylle She resides in the United States and is presently dealing with the next installation in the series.” That page likewise notes the previously mentioned publication date, of March 30, 2023.
Conway’s IMDb credits likewise consist of another motion picture, in addition to Argylle Her IMDb page, which explains Argylle as presently in post-production, likewise appears to recognize Conway as a “style assistant” for a 2024 motion picture that’s in pre-production– It’s The Fall Guy, from John Wick director David Leitch and starring Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling. (see on your own).
What we do understand
Naturally, the Internet has some theories. Let’s very first wrap-up what we do understand for specific about the movie.
The movie’s director Matthew Vaughn (of the Kingsman motion pictures and X-Men: First Class) applauded the draft manuscript when Apple initially revealed Argylle “When I read this early draft manuscript I felt it was the most extraordinary and initial spy franchise sinc