Chris Connor on the new golden age of John le Carré adaptations… John le Carré is still among the most revered and influential spy novelists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works like The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy still loom large over the genre. His works have […]
The Night Manager season 2 trailer teases the return of Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine
Following a batch of first look images for The Night Manager, the BBC has debuted a teaser for the eagerly-anticipated second season of the espionage thriller. The series sees the return of Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine, now living under an alias in the quiet role of MI6 surveillance officer. However, the appearance of an old […]
Tom Hiddleston is back in The Night Manager season 2 first look images
Almost a decade on from the explosive finale of The Night Manager, the BBC and Prime Video has announced that the acclaimed Tom Hiddleston-led John le Carré adaptation is set to return with the arrival of a batch of first-look images for the second season of the espionage thriller. The series sees the return of […]
Matthew Macfadyen to lead John le Carré series adaptation A Legacy of Spies
A new adaptation of classic spy author John le Carré’s work is on the way with Matthew Macfadyen taking on the role of le Carré’s iconic George Smiley for A Legacy of Spies, the last Smiley novel the author wrote before his passing in 2020. George Smiley is le Carré’s most recurring protagonist through many […]
Movie Review – The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
The Pigeon Tunnel, 2023. Directed by Errol Morris. SYNOPSIS: Spans six decades as le Carré gives his final and most personal interview, interrupted with rare archival footage and dramatic anecdotes. It is set against the stormy Cold War backdrop that extends into the present day. John le Carré is one of Britain’s best-regarded novelists and […]
The Constant Gardener limited series to be developed in “post-pandemic context”
John le Carré’s best-selling novel The Constant Gardener is to be adapted once again, this time as a limited series set in the modern day in a “post-pandemic context” according to Deadline. The series will be developed by Lydia Adetunji (His Dark Materials) with The Ink Factory producing. The Constant Gardener will follow “Justin Quayle, a British […]
TV Review – The Night Manager
The Night Manager Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Hugh Laurie. SYNOPSIS: Night manager of a wealthy hotel in Cairo, charming ex-Special Forces veteran Jonathan Pine is unable to prevent the murder of a woman connected to the secret arms dealings of British philanthropist Richard Roper, a man Pine […]
R.I.P. John le Carré (1931 – 2020)
Sad news today as word has come that famed espionage author John le Carré, born David Cornwell, has passed away. He was 89. The news was first shared by Jonny Geller, CEO of The Curtis Brown Group, le Carré’s literary agency, who said the author passed on December 12 after a short illness with pneumonia. […]
First look images from John le Carre adaptation The Little Drummer Girl
AMC has released five first look images from The Little Drummer Girl, the upcoming small screen adaptation of John le Carre’s novel of the same name. Directed by Park Chan-wook , the six-part thriller series stars Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon, Clare Holman, Kate Sumpter, and Michael Moshonov; take a look at the images here… In “The Little […]
Matthew Orton to write season 2 of The Night Manager
AMC and production company The Ink Factory are one step closer towards a second season of the hit miniseries, The Night Manager, based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré. According to Deadline, British screenwriter Matthew Orton has been hired to pen the second season. After The Night Manager‘s success, AMC and BBC […]
