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Tomas Alfredson to Direct Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

July 9, 2009

Award-winning Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) will helm Working Title's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

The feature adaptation of John Le Carre's seminal cold war best-seller is being produced by Working Title's co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and marks their next collaboration with Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) and will be executive-produced by Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, John Le Carre and Peter Morgan.

Set in the aftermath of the cold war, the thriller tells the tale of a spy-hunt within the highest echelons of the British Secret Intelligence Service.

A 1970s British television series starred Alec Guinness as George Smiley the retired former British intelligence officer called in to track down the double agent within the spy agency.

Filming will take place in 2010.

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COMMENTS (7)

Posted by:

Arty1

July 9, 2009

This could be a good movie with the right actors and actresses.

Posted by:

Joe

July 9, 2009

Good choice for Alfredson.

Posted by:

Leo Jussila

July 9, 2009

Great to see more Swedish directors getting work :)

Posted by:

Movie guy

July 9, 2009

I am swedish myself so hope that he can do a good job directing becuase the story sounds interesting!

Posted by:

joe asylo

July 9, 2009

nice.

Posted by:

Jude Law?

July 10, 2009

I love this director's work, but there is only one George Smiley in this world: Alec Guinness!!!

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Jackie Brown

July 10, 2009

thrilled to hear this but success will depend on the casting, ideally a strong british cast, Charles Dance, Tom Wilkinson or Geoffrey Rush as Smiley maybe?