Cumberbatch will play Alexander Litvinenko, the KGB agent and later defector killed by poisoning with the radioactive isotope polonium-210 in 2006 in England. The actor will also serve as an executive producer under his Sunnymarch banner.
The series will be written by David Scarpa ("All the Money in the World", "The Last Castle"), who will also executive produce. Documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel ("The Dissident") will direct and executive produce via Orwell Productions.
This is not the first announced project that will chronicle Litvinenko's story. It was announced in September that David Tennant is set to star in the ITV drama "Litvinenko".
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