Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
07-11-09 | 03:32 PM
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Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
From The Hollywood Reporter:
Fresh from the success of highly acclaimed vampire movie "Let The Right One In," award-winning Swedish director Tomas Alfredson has signed on as director on Working Title upcoming project "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," the company announced Thursday.
The new feature film 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 exec-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.
"Tomas is one of the most hotly sought-after and gifted directors in the industry at the moment and we're really looking forward to working with him on such an exciting project," said Bevan.
"The timing is right for a new screen version of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' so it's great for us to be able to continue our creative collaboration with Peter Morgan on this and to have Tomas onboard who we've no doubt will bring a unique vision to the material."
Filming will take place in 2010 with Working Title's Debra Hayward overseeing the production.
The new feature film 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 exec-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.
"Tomas is one of the most hotly sought-after and gifted directors in the industry at the moment and we're really looking forward to working with him on such an exciting project," said Bevan.
"The timing is right for a new screen version of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' so it's great for us to be able to continue our creative collaboration with Peter Morgan on this and to have Tomas onboard who we've no doubt will bring a unique vision to the material."
Filming will take place in 2010 with Working Title's Debra Hayward overseeing the production.
07-11-09 | 04:23 PM
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Re: Tomas Alfredson to direct "Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy"
I love spy films, and I loved LTROI, so this all sounds good to me. I hope he retains the use of the same cinematographer from that film as well.
06-30-11 | 07:35 AM
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Re: Tomas Alfredson to direct "Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy"
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06-30-11 | 09:29 AM
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I get excited for anything with Tom Hardy, then you throw in the rest of the cast. I love spy movies, I love Cold War spy stories, I love the cast, this is a home run all around.
06-30-11 | 09:57 AM
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The original was pretty damned good, so this one's going to have a lot to live up to. That trailer, though, certainly indicates that it just may meet or exceed that original. Trailers can lie, but we'll find out soon enough just how good this one is.
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06-30-11 | 09:47 PM
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Re: Tomas Alfredson to direct "Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy"
(checking out the details) Well I'll be damned...the BBC made a 7 part miniseries...Alec Guinness was in it too. Now I want to see this..but first...time to order the book from Amazon.
07-01-11 | 12:24 AM
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The miniseries is very slow going.
07-01-11 | 08:46 AM
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It is a bit slow. It's a very British production - they take their time telling the story. It is very, very well made. The acting and the direction are top notch. The editing could have been a bit tighter, though. But it's not boring.
The follow up, Smiley's People, was a little faster paced but still took it's time.
The follow up, Smiley's People, was a little faster paced but still took it's time.
08-04-11 | 03:02 PM
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new International Trailer...I'm digging it.
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08-16-11 | 10:49 AM
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Re: Tomas Alfredson to direct "Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy"
alright....soooo...I needed my TTSS trailer fix...and well damnit. I think i'm going to read the books. Went Wikipedia crazy for a bit and the more I read the more fascinating this George Smiley (the Oldman character) became. Oh god...there's a very respectable amount of books there. Time to start buying and reading.
08-16-11 | 09:58 PM
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I read the book years ago so I don't actually remember much of it at all. The trailer looks solid and will probably watch this whenever it opens during the fall/winter.
11-26-11 | 05:15 PM
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Bump. Comes out in a couple weeks (Dec 9th). Looking forward to it.
11-26-11 | 07:56 PM
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had i not been lazy and bought tickets as soon as they went on sale, this was the final movie of the AFI Silver European festival, and Alfredson and Oldman were in attendance...
11-28-11 | 06:49 PM
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