Anton Corbijn, the photographer turned superb filmmaker, has chosen his next project. Following directing success in CONTROL and THE AMERICAN, Corbijn will helm A MOST WANTED MAN, based on the John Le Carre novel of the same name.
Variety reports the news.
The story, according to the trade, follows a British banker who tries to help a young Muslim immigrant — the son of a Chechen peasant and a Russian officer — targeted by the U.S., British and German secret services after he is taken in by a Turkish family in Hamburg.
Got to admit, I loved CONTROL, but have heard mixed reviews about THE AMERICAN… but it’s going on the LoveFILM list as it’s one I missed last year.
Andrew Bovell, who wrote the American version of the BBC TV mini-series EDGE OF DARKNESS, is adapting A MOST WANTED MAN.
