6 DAYS: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong And Abbie Cornish Lead Cast On Next From DEAD LANDS Director

Deadline is reporting that Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish have been cast as leads in Toa Fraser's embassy siege thriller 6 Days. Fraser is re-teaming with his Dead Lands writer Glenn Standring and producer Matthew Metcalfe. XYZ Films will be handling international sales at Cannes in a short while and is executive producing the project. 

The film is based on the actual events of April 1980 when six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy at London's Princess Gate taking over two dozen people hostage. Six days of tense standoff ensued as a group of highly trained soldiers from Britain's Special Air Service prepared to raid the building. Former members of the SAS who participated in the siege will act as consultants during production.

Principal photography will begin this Summer.