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Senator boards 'Wanted' - VarietySenator boards 'Wanted'VarietyAnton Corbijn ("Control") is directing the John Le Carre adaptation Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams. Film is co-developed and co-financed by the UK's Film4 with Tessa Ross as executive producer. Helge Sasse, Senator Entertainment CEO said: ...
Posted on 19 May 2012 | 6:32 pm
The story of Chicago's Nazi spy - ChicagoThe story of Chicago's Nazi spyChicago TribuneA spy story worthy of John le Carre began and ended 70 years ago this summer in Chicago. It had classic elements of an espionage tale — enemy agents landed from submarines, explosives hidden in the sand of an East Coast beach, orders written in ...
Posted on 19 May 2012 | 6:05 pm
ENT books: Book/movie combos to watch for -ENT books: Book/movie combos to watch forThe Sudbury StarHere are a few: Tinker Tailor Solder Spy, a spy novel written in 1974 by John LeCarre, tells a story during the bleak days of the Cold War, when espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6.
Posted on 19 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
The Girl in Berlin, By Elizabeth Wilson -The Girl in Berlin, By Elizabeth WilsonThe IndependentLen Deighton struggled to find his feet, while John le Carré tried several new nemeses before settling on the twin gargoyles of big business and big pharma. But with Vladimir Putin sweeping to power again, Groundhog Day-style, and a new froideur in ...
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
Digital realm - Financial TimesDigital realmFinancial TimesNick Harkaway is a blogger, novelist and, incidentally, the son of thriller writer John le Carré. The Blind Giant is his first foray into non-fiction and takes as its subject the internet. All of it. The net, he says, is not a separate digital realm, ...and more »
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:51 pm

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Casting Net: Sandra Bullock, Melissa• Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are joining forces for an untitled comedy about an F.B.I. agent (Bullock) and Boston cop (McCarthy), with Bridesmaids
Posted on 22 May 2012 | 1:55 am
Arthur Krystal: “Fifty Shades of Grey”When Matthew Arnold keeled over, in April, 1888, while hurrying to catch the Liverpool tram, Walt Whitman managed to contain his grief. “He will not be missed,” Whitman told a friend. Arnold reaffirmed all that was “rich, hefted, lousy, reeking with delicacy, refinement, elegance, prettiness, propriety, criticism . . . (Subscription required.)
Posted on 21 May 2012 | 4:17 am
Rachel McAdams Finds A Most Wanted ManRachel McAdams has joined the cast of A Most Wanted Man , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . She'll star opposite Phillip Seymour Hoffman in John le Carré adaptation.
Posted on 21 May 2012 | 3:09 am
Cannes 2012: Rachel McAdams Joins PhillipBorys Kit The adaptation of the John le Carre novel will be directed by Anton Corbijn. read more
Posted on 19 May 2012 | 9:50 pm
Philip Seymour Hoffman to star in "ANEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in a film adaption of John Le Carre's "A Most Wanted Man." The Oscar winner and Tony nominee will play the leader of a covert Germany spy group looking into the case of Issa, a tortured part-Chechen, part-Russian with a claim to his family's fortune. While a series of people, including a banker and a female lawyer, try to help Issa ...
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 8:39 pm

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