Academy Award winner Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe will topline "Breach," an espionage thriller that Billy Ray is directing for Universal Pictures. The story, which follows true recent accounts, centers on aspiring FBI agent Eric O'Neill (Phillippe), who is handpicked to work for renowned operative Robert Hanssen (Cooper) within information assurance, a new division created to protect all classified FBI intelligence. The young trainee develops a growing respect for the arrogant uber-agent, only to find that his mentor might be the nation's most dangerous security risk.

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