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Universal Pictures module dispense the feature film produce of Evangelist LeCarre's artist Cold War wrecker novel, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy."  Deadline tone reports that the flat is hunting towards a Nov or Dec promulgation fellow for the picture, which stars metropolis Oldman, newborn Oscar-winner Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds.

This was one of the blistering properties existence shopped at the songster Film Festival, where likely distributors got to screen some footage from the movie, which is still in post-production.  They were also given the opportunity to read the screenplay by by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan.

Universal has a first-look care with creation company Working Title, which it initially didn't exercise here.  Then the represent got blistering in Berlin, with The Weinstein Company and Summit Entertainment suddenly showing interest.  Then Universal got fascinated and took the project off the table.  Studiocanal, which financed the film, module dispense in the U.K., author and Germany, and module appendage the rest of the planetary sales.

This is administrator Tomas Alfredson's follow-up to his planetary vampire sensation, "Let the Right One In," recently remade low the denomination "Let Me In," by Hammer Films and administrator Matt Reeves.  Filmmaking runs in the family.  Alfredson's brother justice directed the Stieg Larsson adaptations "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest."

LeCarre's novel, about spymaster martyr Smiley existence lured discover of semi-retirement to find discover a Soviet mole, is an recognized classic.  It was filmed as a nation miniseries in 1979 by administrator Evangelist Irvin ("The Dogs of War," "Ghost Story," "Champions," "Turtle Diary," "Raw Deal," "The Garden of Eden") with Sir Alec Guinness frankly brilliant as Smiley.

Early word is that the produce is a boast for Oldman.