Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. (THE WEINSTEIN CO.)
Benedict Cumberbatch has given breakthrough roles on television (“Sherlock”) and the big screen (“Star Trek Into Darkness”). Cumberbatch has been in several other films released in the past few years, including “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”, “Penguins of Madagascar”, “August: Osage County”, “The Fifth Estate” and Best Picture Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave”. Keira Knightley is best known for her work as Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, as well as period pieces and romance dramas, like “Pride & Prejudice”, “Atonement” and “Anna Karenina”.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.