Last May came word that Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown Murders) would direct a film adaptation of John le Carré's 2010 international spy thriller Our Kind of Traitor. Now we're learning (via ScreenDaily) that Ralph Fiennes and Mads Mikkelsen are expected to join Ewan McGregor in key roles.
The plot centers around a couple, who get caught up in a scheme involving Russian criminals and British intelligence. McGregor will play one half of the couple; Mikkelsen will play a Russian money launderer and Fiennes will play a British government official. The female lead has not yet been cast.
"This is the kind of film we love: elevated thrillers with mainstream appeal," said StudioCanal Chairman and CEO Olivier Courson. "The film offers another opportunity for us to make a le Carré adaptation but with a more contemporary subject." StudioCanal also produced last year's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Production is expected to begin this Summer for release in 2014.
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Our Kind of Traitor
John le Carré
Perry and Gail are idealistic and very much in love when they splurge on a tennis vacation at a posh beach resort in Antigua. But the charm begins to pall when a big-time Russian money launderer enlists their help to defect. In exchange for amnesty, Dima is ready to rat out his vory (Russian criminal brotherhood) compatriots and expose corruption throughout the so-called legitimate financial and political worlds.
Soon, the guileless couple find themselves pawns in a deadly endgame whose outcome will be determined by the victor of the British Secret Service's ruthless internecine battles.
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