Reuters
COLOGNE, Germany (Hollywood Reporter) – U2 photographer turned director Anton Corbijn is bringing John le Carre's political thriller "A Most Wanted Man" to the big screen.
Corbijn, whose last film was the George Clooney vehicle "The American," will shoot the bulk of "A Most Wanted Man" in Hamburg, beginning in winter. The script is being written byAustralian scribe Andrew Bovell ("Edge of Darkness").
The book, published in 2008, tells the story of the Chechen Muslim Issa who sneaks into Hamburg, where he gets caught up in the international war on terror.
The tale is loosely based on the real-life story of Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen and legal German resident who was seized by American authorities, with knowledge of the German government and taken to Guantanamo Bay. He was kept there for several years before being released, without charge, in 2006.
The film has received $1.3 million in subsidies from the Hamburg state government.
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