Today we get a first look at another one of my most anticipated films of 2013, Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, based on the novel by John le Carré and starring Willem Dafoe, Rachel McAdams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Daniel Brühl.
The story kicks off when a half-Chechen, half-Russian immigrant is tortured half-to-death and turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune. Both German and US security agencies take a close interest and attempt to establish the man's true identity and determine whether he's an oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist.
Hoffman plays the chief of a covert German spy unit with McAdams playing a young lawyer.
The film is currently in post and who knows, maybe it will make it into the Cannes Film Festival if Corbijn can finish in time, but I won't hold my breath. [THR]
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Hoffman makes any production more intriguing, even the upcoming Hunger Games sequel.
I'm excited about this one too. A John le Carré story and the great Philip Seymour Hoffman in the cast - sounds like a winner.
Hey brad, what do you feel like is Hoffman's best performance to day? Is it in the master?
I like John le Carré, enjoyed Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; and Hoffman is usually great to I'm looking forward to this one.
Definitely, this movie will be on the radar for the awards season. Hoffman wil be considered for acting awards as well as R. McAdams can receive her first nomination.