{"id":2333,"date":"2011-12-17T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T14:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2011-12-17T10:39:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T14:39:49","slug":"the-numbers-station-a-new-movie-john-cusak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/the-numbers-station-a-new-movie-john-cusak\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cusack to star in new movie: THE NUMBERS STATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the new movie, The Numbers Station<\/strong><\/em>, John Cusack<\/a> will play a\u00a0former black ops agent \u00a0who is assigned to protect a code operator (Malin Ackerman<\/a>) for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station–the two characters fight for survival after a surprise attack.<\/p>\n

There are few details about the movie released at this point, but we will keep you updated when we receive new information.<\/p>\n

I can say this: prepare for a lot more interest in\u00a0numbers stations<\/a>\u00a0in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the new movie, The Numbers Station, John Cusack will play a\u00a0former black ops agent \u00a0who is assigned to protect a code operator (Malin Ackerman) for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station–the two characters fight for survival after a surprise attack. There are few details about the movie released at this point, but we will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3,172],"tags":[720,722,723,721,725,724],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","category-numbers-stations","tag-john-cusak","tag-john-cusak-the-numbers-station","tag-malin-ackerman-the-numbers-station","tag-numbers-station","tag-numbers-station-the-movie","tag-shortwave-numbers-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-BD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6294,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/no-spoiler-review-the-numbers-station-with-john-cusack-and-malin-ackerman-no-spoilers\/","url_meta":{"origin":2333,"position":0},"title":"No-Spoiler Review: “The Numbers Station” with John Cusack and Malin Akerman (no spoilers)","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The following is a no-spoiler review, as I assume many of you may be waiting for the film to hit the big screen, and I wouldn't want to reveal any cinematic surprises. 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In this film, John Cusack's character, Emerson, has been given\u00a0the task of protecting Katherine (Malin Akerman), the operator of a shortwave numbers station that broadcasts encrypted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19220,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/shortwave-a-shortwave-centric-suspense-film\/","url_meta":{"origin":2333,"position":2},"title":"“Shortwave” – A shortwave-centric suspense film","author":"Thomas","date":"June 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Cuff, who notes the following recently-released suspense film: http:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/exclusives\/3391958\/shortwave-attracts-terror\/ Funny that shortwave is being used as a medium for \"something sinister.\" \u00a0I do recall the film, Frequency, where extraordinary propagation helped a father and son communicate through time via shortwave. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=trIMt9mZIdU I suppose,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"shortwave-film-poster","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49004,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/unid-russian-numbers-station-recorded-april-26-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":2333,"position":3},"title":"UNID Russian Numbers Station recorded April 26, 2021","author":"Thomas","date":"May 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who recently shared this recording of an unidentified numbers station in Russian. 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