2021 Movie ( the 355 ) Release Dates:

Universal Pictures has officially set a January 15, 2021 release date for 355, the studio’s star-studded espionage thriller directed by Simon Kinberg (Dark Phoenix). The story for the film was conceived by Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain, who also stars alongside Lupita Nyong’o (Us), Penélope Cruz (Murder on the Orient Express), Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) and Fan Bingbing (X-Men: Days of Future Past). Award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck penned the script.

355 follows your classic gettin’-the-team-together plot as several women with their own individual set of skills team up to stop a terrorist plot. The idea was reportedly first pitched back at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, with Universal winning a heated bidding war for distribution rights with a $20 million offer.

From writer/director Asghar Farhadi, Everybody Knows (Todos lo Saben) is part family drama and part mystery thriller, as it follows Laura (Penélope Cruz), a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires who returns, along with her two children, to the small village outside Madrid where she spent her childhood to attend the wedding of her younger sister. While there, unexpected events lead to a family crisis that causes mounting suspicions and exposes dark secrets that were long buried.

During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Penélope Cruz talked about the impact of the intensely emotional shoot, the challenges of working with Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who shot the film in a language that he doesn’t speak, why she’d rather understand than identify with her characters, what she did to leave this woman behind, and collaborating with her husband Javier Bardem (who plays Laura’s former lover, Paco). She also talked about shooting the all-female spy thriller 355 this summer, her longtime collaborative relationship with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, her desire to direct a feature film, and how being a mother affects the work that she chooses to do.