'Oldboy' director to helm 'Little Drummer Girl' mini-series at AMC
Another John le Carré book will be adapted into TV.
Following the success of its miniseries "The Night Manager" which was adapted from a novel written by le Carré and starred Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, AMC now teams up with BBC to bring another novel of le Carré — "The Little Drummer Girl" — on the small screen.
The TV adaptation of the novel which le Carré wrote in 1983 will be directed by South Korean director Park Chan-wook, who famously helmed the revenge film "Oldboy."
Aside from finding its director, the miniseries has also found its lead star. Actress Florence Pugh, who appeared in "Lady Macbeth," is set to play Charlie, a young struggling British actress who finds herself embroiled in the complicated world of espionage.
Not like "The Night Manager," "The Little Drummer Girl" will retain the novel's 1980's time settings. Fans of the le Carré book will definitely be happy with this news because it will bring some interesting TV aesthetics alongside Chan-wook's magic directorial touch.
This will not be the first live-action adaptation of "The Little Drummer Girl." A year after the novel was published, it was adapted into a feature film which was directed by "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's" George Roy Hill and had Diane Keaton playing the lead role. The film had mixed reviews, and fans are expected to favor the upcoming TV project as it tries to be more faithful to the source material.
The planned TV miniseries also presents a chance for Park Chan-wook to introduce himself to TV audiences as he is set to helm all six episodes of the miniseries. BBC and AMC's previous collaboration, "The Night Manager," had Susan Bier doing the directorial duties. Chan-wook's filmography includes "Oldboy," "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance," and last year's extravagant film "The Handmaiden."
"The Little Drummer Girl" does not have premiere date as of press time.
