Following on from the success of The Night Manager, AMC, the BBC and Ink Factory are teaming for another John Le Carre miniseries, with Oldboy director Park Chan-wook set to direct a six-episode adaptation of le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl.
According to The Daily Mail, Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) has signed on for the lead role of Charlie, a young actress who is recruited by an Israeli spy and is tasked with helping to track down a shadowy Palestinian terrorist mastermind.
Unlike The Night Manager, The Little Drummer Girl is said to be retaining its period setting of the 1970s and 80s – as is The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, another le Carre adaptation that was announced that AMC, the BBC and Ink Factory earlier this year.
The Little Drummer Girl was previously adapted for the big screen in 1984 by director George Roy Hill, with Diane Keaton starring in the lead role as Charlie.
Originally published November 6, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
