Philip Seymour Hoffman Commits To John Le Carre's A Most Wanted Man
From the 1965 classic The Spy Who Came in from the Cold to the 1980s TV series Smiley's People, John Le Carre's novels of intrigue and espionage have long proven scintillating source material for movies and mini-series. Most recently, it was Tomas Alfredson' adaptation of Le Carre's George Smiley-centered novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy that drew critical praise, Oscar nods, and a revived interest in his works. In February, Philip Seymour Hoffman entered into talks to add some star power to the upcoming thriller A Most Wanted Man, based on the Le Carre novel of the same name. Now, just in time to shop domestic distribution rights at the Cannes Film Festival, Film4 revealed to Deadline that they've secured Hoffman after all. Adapted by Edge of Darkness scribe Andrew Bovell, A Most Wanted Man is set in contemporary Hamburg, Germany. Here we meet Issa, a young Russian who is battered...
- 5/17/2012
- cinemablend.com
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