{"id":5614,"date":"2013-02-13T11:39:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T15:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2013-02-17T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T18:32:45","slug":"finally-the-official-trailer-for-the-movie-the-numbers-station-with-john-cusack-and-malin-akerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/finally-the-official-trailer-for-the-movie-the-numbers-station-with-john-cusack-and-malin-akerman\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally: Official trailer for the movie The Numbers Station with John Cusack and Malin Akerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited trailer for the new movie, <a title=\"IMDB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1659338\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Numbers Station<\/a>:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1yGr_RmmHU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"John Cusack to star in new movie: THE NUMBERS STATION\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/the-numbers-station-a-new-movie-john-cusak\/\">We first mentioned the <em>The Numbers Station<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2011, when it was still being filmed.<\/p>\n<p>In this film, John Cusack&#8217;s character, Emerson, has been given\u00a0the task of protecting Katherine (Malin Akerman), the operator of a shortwave numbers station that broadcasts encrypted messages to operatives. When the station is compromised in a surprise attack, they must work together to secure it and prevent distater.<\/p>\n<p>According to the website\u00a0<a title=\"The Digital Spy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/news\/a458417\/numbers-station-john-cusack-malin-akerman-under-siege-in-new-trailer.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Digital Spy<\/a>,\u00a0<em>The Numbers Station<\/em> is scheduled for release in the US on April 26, though a UK release date has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re new to shortwave radio and wish to listen to numbers stations, follow the category <a title=\"Posts tagged Numbers Stations\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/numbers-stations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Numbers Stations<\/a>&#8211;we will post updates on the movie as well as several recordings of real\u00a0<a title=\"Numbers Stations\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/numbers-stations\/\" target=\"_blank\">numbers stations<\/a>\u00a0still in existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited trailer for the new movie, The Numbers Station: We first mentioned the The Numbers Station\u00a0in 2011, when it was still being filmed. In this film, John Cusack&#8217;s character, Emerson, has been given\u00a0the task of protecting Katherine (Malin Akerman), the operator of a shortwave numbers station that broadcasts encrypted messages to operatives. When the [&hellip;]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,172,43,304,1167],"tags":[1695,1694,725,1692,1696,1697],"class_list":["post-5614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-numbers-stations","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-john-cusack","tag-malin-akerman","tag-numbers-station-the-movie","tag-the-numbers-station","tag-the-numbers-station-trailer","tag-what-are-numbers-stations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1sy","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":5614,"position":0},"title":"No-Spoiler Review: &#8220;The Numbers Station&#8221; 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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Numbers stations--mysterious broadcasts that read sequences of numbers--have long been associated with intelligence agencies communicating with field operatives using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Spy-Numbers-Station.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Spy-Numbers-Station.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Spy-Numbers-Station.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5575,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/shortwave-radio-recordings-listen-to-cuban-spy-numbers-station-hm01\/","url_meta":{"origin":5614,"position":5},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Listen to Cuban Spy Numbers Station HM01","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Numbers stations have always been a dark oddity that pop up from time-to-time in the course of shortwave radio listening. 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