Cleanskin is an independently made terrorist thriller, written, produced and directed by Hadi Hajaig. It stars Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton, Shivani Ghai and Michelle Ryan.
Cleanskin's screenplay by Hajaig focuses as much on the terrorist Ash (Abhin Galeya) as it does on Ewan (Sean Bean) the agent hunting him. It looks at Ash's life in flashback and the reasons for his radicalisation while in the present day story line Ewan pursues him and wrestles with his own personal demons.
A "cleanskin" is a term for an undercover operative unknown to his or her targets, or as more commonly used in the UK following the London bombings, a terrorist totally unknown to the national security services.
Warner Brothers purchased the rights for the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
The official Warner Brothers trailer for Cleanskin was premiered on the IGN website on 03 February 2012.
On 21 January 2011, Heyuguys.co.uk released an interview with Sean Bean.
On 13 February 2012, Screen Daily announced that eOne had purchased the rights for North America, France, Germany, Scandinavia and South Africa. SPI purchased the rights for Spain, Portugal, CIS, Turkey
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