When Does the Second Film "The Amateur" (2025) Take Place?
"The Amateur" is a spy film written by Ken Nolan with Gary Spinelli, Evan Katz, Scott Z. Burns, Stephen Chin, Scott Frank, James Hawes, Robert Littell, Diana Maddox, and Patrick Ness [adapting "The Amateur" (1981) by Robert Littell] that released April 11th, 2025. So when is "The Amateur" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the tombstone for the adult character whose death is the inciting incident for the entire plot reads "SEPTEMBER 12 2024". So we know the story starts in early-September of 2024 AD and the rest lasts only a matter of weeks or months. So the narrative ends either in later 2024 AD or early 2025 AD.
2024 AD
We know this because the tombstone for the adult character whose death is the inciting incident for the entire plot reads "SEPTEMBER 12 2024". So we know the story starts in early-September of 2024 AD and the rest lasts only a matter of weeks or months. So the narrative ends either in later 2024 AD or early 2025 AD.
