Lionsgate Acquires A MOST WANTED MAN, Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman

Deadline.com reports that Lionsgate has acquired U.S. distribution rights for A MOST WANTED MAN, directed by Anton Cobjin. The adaptation of John le Carre's novel stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and Willem Dafoe.

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Andrew Bovell adapted the script from the thriller, which follows a Chechen-Russian immigrant on the run who travels to Hamburg to attempt to acquire his dead father's fortune. The US and Germany follow the immigrant to uncover his motivations -- is he a victim or a dangerous extremist with political motivations?

FilmNation is heading worldwide sales of A MOST WANTED MAN. The movie is produced by Potboiler Productions and The Ink Factory.

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Hoffman last appeared on screen in The Master, for which he received an Oscar nomination, and will next appear in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and God's Pocket. Past film credits include: Moneyball, The Ides of March, Jack Goes Boating, The Invention of Lying, Mary and Max, Doubt, Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages, Capote, Along Came Polly, Cold Mountain, Red Dragon, Punch-Drunk Love, Almost Famous, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Big Lebowski, Twister, Leap of Faith and more.

Hoffman most recently appeared on Broadway in Death of a Salesman in 2012. His other performances on the Great White Way include Long Day's Journey Into Night and True West, as well as off-Broadway's Jack Goes Boating, The Seagull, The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad, Shopping and fing, Defying Gravity and The Shriker. Hoffman also directed off-Broadway's The Little Flower of East Orange, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street, The Glory of Living and Jesus Hopped the A Train.

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