‘The 355’ Teaser Explains The Meaning Behind That Mysterious Title
When you’ve gotJessica Chastain,Lupita Nyong’o,Penélope Cruz,Diane Kruger, andBingbing Fanleading a movie about lady spies, do you even need a title? Well, yes, and in the case of the vaguely titledThe 355, it turns out you need an explanation for that title, too. Just a day after Universal released thebuzzy first trailerfor the action blockbuster which teams up a group of female international spies, the studio has dropped a newThe 355teaser which gives us a little history behind the film’s title.
The 355 Teaser
“Remember that story that they told us about in training?” Chastain’s wild card CIA agent Mason “Mace” Brown says to her colleague. “About Washington’s first female spy during the Revolution? Agent 355, they called her. Because nobody knew her real name. Well, somebody did. They just didn’t want the world to know it.”
And there it is, the explanation behind the title forThe 355. It seems to suggest that Chastain, Kruger, Nyong’o, Cruz, and Fan’s spies are part of a tradition of anonymous female spies who operate on the outskirts of history, getting little credit for changing the world. It’s a neat idea, but I wish that the movie had a snappier name that didn’t have to be explained in a scene where Chastain talks to someone for a minute. But the teaser trailer also contains some new footage not shown in the first official trailer, including an animated sequence set to Chastain’s narration, Fan’s spy in action fighting off henchmen with a long metal pole, and lots of explosions.
Sebastian Stan(Avengers: Endgame) andEdgar Ramirez(Zero Dark Thirty) also star inThe 355, which is directed bySimon Kinberg(Dark Phoenix) with a script he also wrote withTheresa Rebeck(NBC’sSmash). Jessica Chastain is also producing withKelly Carmichaelthrough their Freckle Films banner, and Kinberg is producing through his Genre Films company withRichard Hewitt(Bohemian Rhapsody) serving as executive producer.
As the action rockets around the globe from the cafes of Paris to the markets of Morocco to the wealth and glamour of Shanghai, the quartet of women will forge a tenuous loyalty that could protect the world—or get them killed.
The 355is set to open in theaters next year onJanuary 15,2021.
