Lionsgate bags ‘A Most Wanted Man’

MUMBAI: The John Le Carre adaptation stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams. Lionsgate will be distributing the movie and Anton Corbjin will be producing it. A release date has not been set yet.

The story is about a Chechen-Russian immigrating who is on the run and is trying to access his dead father’s suspiciously acquired fortune. US and German security agencies are on the lookout for him to know if he is a victim or a mastermind.

Worldwide sales are handled by Filmnation. FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner and executive Alison Cohen made the deal.