Based on the 1981 spy novel by Robert Littell, The Amateur centers on a CIA cryptographer who blackmails his agency into training him to go after a terrorist group that killed his wife. Directed by James Hawes, The Amateur stars Holt McCallany, Caitríona Balfe, Julianne Nicholson, Rachel Brosnahan, Rami Malek, Adrian Martinez, Laurence Fishburne, Christy Meyer, Takehiro Hira, Joseph Millson, Alice Hewkin, Henry Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Tiffany Gray, Nick Mills and Evan Milton.