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Various figures from Hollywood and media took to social media to pay tribute to iconic spy novelist John le Carré, who died at the age of 89 from pneumonia on Saturday night. Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, who starred as George Smiley in the 2011 adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy directed by Tomas Alfredson…

John le Carré, a prolific novelist whose Cold War spy stories dominated the bestseller lists, has died at age 89. His family confirmed he had died of pneumonia at the Royal Cornwall Hospital on Saturday night. "We all deeply grieve his passing," they wrote in a statement. In addition to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Le…

In bringing to life The Little Drummer Girl, AMC’s six-part adaptation of John Le Carré’s classic thriller, the producing team felt it was best not to confine the shoot to a soundstage. Florence Pugh, who plays the lead role of Charlie, said that commitment created some compelling sequences for the actors to portray…

The Night Manager sequel is not happening (at least for now), so AMC is going for the next best thing. On the heels of three Golden Globe wins for The Night Manager, based on John le Carré’s novel, AMC and the BBC are re-teaming with The Ink Factory for a limited  adaptation of another le Carré's bestselling novel, The…

Paramount TV and The Night Manager producers The Ink Factory are teaming to develop a limited series based on another John le Carré novel, the New York Times bestselling espionage tale The Spy Who Came in From The Cold. Oscar-winning scribe Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) is attached to write the adaptation. This…

With a great nimbleness, The Night Manager makes change look very good. "The center of the novel is arms dealing. It was happening in the early 90s, and of course it's happening now," reflects Tom Hiddleston on the updating of John le Carré's 1993 novel for event television. Personified by leads Hiddleston and Hugh Lau…

  EXCLUSIVE: The Ink Factory is re-teaming with Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk author Ben Fountain on an original one-hour TV series. Details of the project are being kept under wraps for now, but it represents the latest splashy move for a company that has also closed a round of financing that gives it the capacity…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has closed a deal for U.S. distribution rights to A Most Wanted Man, the Anton Corbijn-directed adaptation of the contemporary thriller novel by John le Carre. Corbijn has wrapped the film, which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and Willem Dafoe. Andrew Bovell adapted the…

The Ink Factory, the production company behind A Most Wanted Man, is in advanced talks with Oscar-winning The Departed screenwriter William Monahan to script the adaptation of John Le Carré‘s latest novel, A Delicate Truth. The book tells the story of a man trying to unravel a conspiracy over a counter-terror…

Philip Seymour Hoffman has been firmed to star in the Anton Corbijn-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre spy thriller A Most Wanted Man. The film was on Deadline’s list of hot titles at Cannes. In present day Hamburg, Germany, a mysterious, tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run arrives…

EXCLUSIVE: V For Vendetta helmer James McTeigue has been set to direct Message From the King for FilmNation Entertainment. Scripted by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell (Unknown), the thriller centers on Jacob King, an enigmatic outsider who comes to LA to investigate the sudden disappearance of his sister…

There’s a new trailer up for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the Tomas Alfredson-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre espionage novel. The film stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ciaran Hinds. Oldman unbelievably has managed to exist as one of the most consistently great…