Benedict Cumberbatch stars as genius gay code-breaker Alan Turing in the upcoming film The Imitation Game. The Sherlock star is joined by Keira Knightley in the film. Its synopsis follows: A nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing (pioneer of modern-day computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code) and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British establishment, but his work and legacy live on. The Imitation Game will be released in New Zealand in January 2015. GayNZ.com staff - 23rd July 2014