Fortitude is an upcoming British historical spy action-adventure film directed by Simon West and written by Simon Afram. It stars Nicolas Cage, Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, Alice Eve, Michael Sheen, and Ben Kingsley.
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Premise
The true story of British Intelligence operatives using unprecedented strategic operations that fool Nazi leadership, ultimately changing the course of World War II. The film follows the brilliance of British Army officers Dudley Clarke and Thomas Argyll "Tar" Robertson, who deployed an elaborate web of deception campaigns, including fictitious armies, fake military equipment, and a network of double agents to mislead Nazi Intelligence. Among them was Serbian playboy Duško Popov, a real-life double agent.
Cast
Nicolas Cage as Duško Popov
Matthew Goode as Thomas Argyll Robertson
Ed Skrein as Dudley Clarke
Alice Eve as Nancy Armstrong
Michael Sheen as Winston Churchill
Ben Kingsley
Jordi Mollà as Juan Pujol García
Art Malik as Ian Fleming
Lukas Haas
Adrian Topol
Emilio Sakraya
Akar Faraj
Paul Anderson as Bernard Montgomery
Ron Perlman as George S. Patton
Ronni Ancona
Lorena Andrea
Maeve Courtier-Lilley
Freddy Carter
Jonathan Aris
Andrew P. Stephen
Daniel Philpott as Adolf Hitler
Production
In May 2025, Simon West had been hired to direct an historical espionage action-adventure film set in World War II, with Simon Afram writing the script and also producing.
Principal photography began on September 8, 2025, in London, when Nicolas Cage, Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, Alice Eve, Michael Sheen, Ben Kingsley, Jordi Mollà, Art Malik, Lukas Haas, Adrian Topol, Emilio Sakraya, Paul Anderson, Ronni Ancona, Lorena Andrea, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Freddy Carter, and Jonathan Aris rounded out the ensemble cast. Filming wrapped on October 26.
Theft and lawsuit
In June 2026, a hard drive containing an unencrypted master copy of the film was stolen from Netflix's offices in Los Angeles. The theft has sparked a lawsuit from Afram against Netflix for $105 million, accusing them of compromising the sale of the film and jeopardizing its planned release strategy and awards campaign. In a statement, Afram said, “I spent seven years of my life bringing this incredible true story to the screen ... But this film was never mine alone. It belongs to the extraordinary cast and their performances of a lifetime that deserve to be seen and recognized. It represents the moment these artists have earned”.
Release
Fortitude is scheduled to be released theatrically in 2026.