Mark Strong and Sacha Baron Cohen Teaming for GRIMSBY

Louis Leterrier directing…

‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ and ‘Blood’ actor Mark Strong is star alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in the comedy flick, ‘Grimsby.’

As previously reported, the film follows a British black ops agent who is forced to go on the run with his long-lost brother, who is a northern English soccer hooligan.

Deadline hears that Strong will be playing the agent opposite Cohen in the role of hooligan.

The film has Louis Leterrier behind the camera, with the screenplay coming from Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston and Peter Baynham.