"Cracking the Nazi Code"
Canadian production company Wildling Pictures has optioned the historical spy story, "Cracking the Nazi Code by" Jason Bell, to adapt it into a feature film. Screenwriter Adam Yorke ("See For Me") is attached and will work with Wildling Pictures to develop the book into a feature film. With distinctive detail and insight from archival records, "Cracking the Nazi Code" reveals the key spy work of Winthrop Bell, whose intelligence sabotaged the Nazis in ways that have only recently been revealed.
Beginning with Bell’s time operating as MI6 Secret Agent A12 in 1919 Berlin, it tells the story of how he evaded gunfire and shook off pursuers to break open an emerging Nazi conspiracy in the wake of the end of the First World War. The narrative then heads to 1939, where Bell once again uses his expertise in espionage to foresee the convoluted beginning of WWII.
Redefining the understanding of the Nazis’ rise to power after the First World War, "Cracking the Nazi Code" is the first book to illuminate the astounding exploits of Winthrop Bell, Agent A12.
Matt Code, Producer and President at Wildling Pictures, says “This unique book tells the story of Winthrop Bell’s incredible, life-saving work, which alerted world leaders of Hitler’s plan. We were drawn to the book by the opportunity to tell a Canadian spy story and thrilled to find a story spanning multiple decades and unravelling little known parts of history both in Canada and the World. Jason Bell’s recount portrays the fundamental influence this work had on the events of the Second World War, and at this stage in the development, we look forward to finding the right partners to bring this important story to the screen”.