Billions star and Homeland alum Lewis and The Wire and The Affair alum West are in negotiations to headline and executive produce a limited series adaptation of Ben Macintyre's book A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal for Spectrum Originals and BritBox. West would play Kim Philby, the notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent who defected to the Soviet Union. The limited series will be viewed through the lens of Lewis' Nicholas Elliott, Philby's colleague and close friend.
TOPICS: Damian Lewis, BritBox, Spectrum Originals, A Spy Among Friends, Ben Macintyre, Dominic West, Kim Philby, In Development