Watch! Sneak peak of new spy thriller Damascus Cover starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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Watch! Sneak peak of new spy thriller Damascus Cover starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers

A PROMO clip of  new spy thriller Damascus Cover, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been posted on YouTube.

The film, shot in Casablanca, wrapped in March this year and is now in pre-production.

Film and TV star Rhys Meyers plays undercover agent Ari Ben-Sion who accepts a dangerous undercover mission to smuggle a group of Jewish children out of Damascus. 

The movie, set in the post-Cold War era also stars English actor John Hurt, who has spoken about his love of Ireland, and appeared on the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? trying to uncover his Irish genealogy.

The cast also features Olivia Thirlby, Igal Maor, Jurgen Prochnow and Navid Negahban

The film is based on the LA Times best-selling espionage novel of the same name by Howard Kaplan.

Watch the promo video here: