Background.
Entrepreneur Marco Robinson and Adrian Bol met in 2015, with the same goal of making a spy thriller feature film.
Marco Robinson was originally cast as the lead role in Legacy of Lies and a trailer was produced which secured over $700,000 in funding from the Ukrainian State Film Agency as the top prizewinner. This enabled Bol and Robinson to collaborate with Toy Cinema to make the film.
To secure further investment, Robinson (who also stars in the film as an MI6 agent) and Bol sought to cast a big name to fill the lead role. After a year long search, Scott Adkins signed onto the project, saying he loved the script, the eastern European locations and the film noir themes.
The film was shot in London and Kyiv.
Post-production finished in December 2019, though due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Legacy of Lies could not be premiered in theatres.
The movie was held back from release until February 2021, when the rights were sold to Netflix UK. The film reached number four in the charts and stayed there for many weeks. In October 2021, Netflix USA bought the rights and the film debuted at number two.