A Most Wanted Man (2014)

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These are the under-the-radar films that really deserve an extra look. They earned rave reviews (and rightfully so), so close out the summer season with one – or all – of these underappreciated gems, which are in theaters or on VOD as we speak.

The big summer blockbuster heading to theaters this weekend ended up washing out, leaving room for number one to go to a quirky director who hasn't had a movie in the top spot in almost twenty years.

The book is based on a real event that occurred regarding an innocent man who was held after 9/11 for suspected terrorist ties despite his innocence, five years of his life missing. Le Carre's story focuses more on the ties, hypothetical or otherwise, that these government agents have to larger economic interests.

The last John le Carre novel brought to the big screen was 2011’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , which was unsurprisingly more successful with the critics than the box office, not that it was a financial failure. The next one up, A Most Wanted Man, is currently in post-production, and the first peek into the film has been released.

Hot off his recently wrapped lead in Stephen Sommers' upcoming thriller Odd Thomas, Dafoe is lining up not one but two crime dramas that seem sure to raise eyebrows and blood pressures.

Wright is in talks to co-star opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in Anton Corbijn's adaptation of the John le Carre spy novel A Most Wanted Man. So, when looking at this opportunity, she is offered the chance to share the screen with an Oscar-nominated actor who must be a tempting scene partner, to work with the intriguing auteur behind understated but provocative spy-drama The American, and in service to a story by the author who inspired such heralded films as The Constant Gardner, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Sure, she hasn't turned The Vow into a mega-year quite the way her co-star Channing Tatum has, but she's doing pretty well, and she looks to be continuing her hot streak with A Most Wanted Man, the John le Carre novel adaptation that already has Philip Seymour Hoffman set to star

Tomas Alfredson' adaptation of Le Carre's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy drew critical praise, Oscar nods, and a revived interest in his works. In February, Philip Seymour Hoffman entered into talks to add some star power to the upcoming thriller A Most Wanted Man, based on the Le Carre novel of the same name. Now, just in time to shop domestic distribution rights at the Cannes Film Festival, Film4 revealed that they've secured Hoffman after all.

The work of John Le Carre made a major cinematic comeback in 2011. While many of his novels have been adapted before, director Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy was a critical success that did well at the box office and earned three Oscar nominations, including one for Best Adapted Screenplay (Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan) and Best Actor (Gary Oldman).