Tradecraft: Cinemax is Hooked on Spies

Tradecraft: Cinemax is Hooked on Spies

Deadline reports that Cinemax has booked another action drama "set in the world of international espionage" from their Strike Back showrunner, Frank Spotnitz. This one, Nemesis (also known as Morton for some reason), is another UK co-production, but this time with BBC One as opposed to BSkyB. The former X-Files showrunner will be teaming with Kudos, the production company behind Spooks/MI-5. According to the trade blog, Alias' Melissa George (next seen opposite Pierce Brosnan in the A&E Stephen King miniseries Bag of Bones) stars as "a highly skilled operative for an elite private intelligence firm who survives an attempt on her life that might have been orchestrated by members of her own team. Once she returns to the firm, she must perform her secretive duties without knowing who to trust and who wants her dead." The Beeb commissioned eight episodes last January, and Cinemax just came aboard. No word on whether that means more episodes, but I doubt it. Like Strike Back, Nemesis will indulge in some cool location filming. Shooting kicks off this fall in Europe and North Africa under the direction of S.J. Clarkson, who previously collaborated with Kudos on episodes of Hustle, Whitechapel and Life On Mars. Oh, and of course the logline likens it to The Bourne Identity. That pretty much goes without saying with any new spy show or movie these days. Now here's a gratuitous image of Aussie George channeling Ursula Andress in a white Bond Girl bikini...