A Most Wanted Man almost has Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman is in final negotiations for the lead in the modern day thriller from the helmer of The American and Control.
Corbijn will helm from the script by Edge of Darkness scribe Andrew Bovell, based on John Le Carre's best-selling spy novel.
The story follows a British banker who tries to aid a young Muslim immigrant -- son of a Chechen peasant and Russian officer -- targeted by the U.S., German as well as British secret services after he is taken in by a Turkish family in Hamburg.
Potboiler Productions' Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood produce with Stephen and Simon Cornwell of Ink Factory and Amusement Park Film's Malte Grunert.
Variety reports that FilmNation Entertainment are shopping A Most Wanted Man to buyers in Berlin this week.