Gary Oldman wants ‘Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy’
'Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy' is a much loved spy fiction classic, so it's only right that it gets an outing on the big screen after the BBC hit series in 1979.
Back then it was with the legendary Sir Alec Guinness as the suited hero Smiley but now Hollywood legend Gary Oldman is in negotiations to play the spy.
Not only is Oldman in talks to star but Thomas Alfredson, director of 'Let The Right On In' is a lock to direct the film.
The story follows the hunt for a mole within “the circus”, as former MI5/MI6 operative-turned author John Le Carre (real name David John Moore Cornwell) dubbed MI6. Various intelligence bosses and other bureaucrats are suspected, including Smiley himself, who hides a razor sharp intelligence beneath a seemingly awkward manner.
Helping in that endeavour is The Queen writer Peter Morgan, who has been on somewhat of an espionage kick recently, between this and his duties penning the script for the next Bond film. Given the current cinematic-licence-revoked status that 007 is stuck with, it looks like Smiley might just beat him to the screen. And considering Smiley was Le Carre’s answer to Bond, we imagine he’d chuckle wryly at the thought.
More news as we get it, but this is exciting as not only is Oldman looking at the role, but Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender and David Thewlis are all circling roles in what already sounds like a solid shot at a cinematic classic.