Currently in theaters now, and opening wide on January 6th, is the new espionage thriller from Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) called Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which is based on the popular book by author John le Carre. The film stars a who's who of the best British actors working today including Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), recent Oscar-winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Tom Hardy (Warrior), Mark Strong (Green Lantern), Ciaran Hinds (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC's Sherlock), Stephen Graham (HBO's Boardwalk Empire), Christian McKay (I Melt with You), Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger), and John Hurt (Immortals).

IAR's managing editor Jami Philbrick recently had an opportunity to sit down with Gary Oldman, and Mark Strong to discuss Tinker Tailor Solider Spy. The actors talked about the new film, their secretive characters, the life of a spy, adapting the novel, and working with each other on the project.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the adaptation of John le Carre's classic novel of Cold War-era espionage and intelligence agency treachery, has yet another brand new trailer, and it is a doozy.  The film played the Venice Film Festival last week, and the ensuing reviews were roundly enthusiastic, praising an unstoppable cast of British thespians, taut direction by Tomas Alfredson, and a solid story effectively condensing le Carre's labyrinthine novel.  This trailer suggests that theses reviews are not incorrect; it's a remarkably confident and controlled bit of marketing that promises a smart, grown-up spy thriller refreshingly free from pithy one-liners or sharks with laser beams affixed to their heads.  Dither no longer, watch the new Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer.

An adaptation of one of author John le Carre's many spy novels, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy promises to be the sort of espionage film in which intelligent, paranoid operatives attempt, by means of deduction and subterfuge, to root out a mole in MI6.  Basically, it's not the sort of spy movie in which a megalomaniac commandeers a nuclear weapon and lots of henchmen with terrible aim are easily dispatched by a suave secret agent.  As such, the poster campaign has not involved heroic poses and guys holding guns.  Instead, we've been consistently treated to the faces of awesome British actors rendered in Cold War era code.  The latest poster is the second to feature the impeccable Gary Oldman as George Smiley, and this time he's looking right out at you. 

An essential, often overlooked ingredient in any proper Cold War spy thriller is the presence of frequent and well-chosen code names, along with innocuous phrases loaded with hidden meaning for the agents of espionage playing out the film's story.  The first clip from the upcoming John Le Carre adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is absolutely loaded with such code words, as John Hurt, who plays a Circus (a sly title for the MI6 intelligence service) director codenamed Control, lays out a list of potentially traitorous moles within the organization to Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux, who conspicuously lacks a codename.  That's okay, though, because the suspects are known as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, and Poor Man, along with also un-monikered George Smiley, the principal character played by the great Gary Oldman, who is also seen briefly in the clip.

If you live in America and are excited for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the John Le Carre adaptation that is overflowing with phenomenal British actors, then you may have noticed that the film hits cinemas in the United Kingdom very soon, on September 16th.  Here in the Colonies, however, the film's release date has long been scheduled for a full two months later,  hitting American theaters on November 18th.  Well, your wait to take in some Cold War era espionage and top-notch thespianism just got a little longer, as Deadline reports that Focus Features will now release Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Stateside three weeks later, on December 9th.

There's definitely a place for spy films involving thrilling car chases, over-the-top stunts, and conveniently effective rubber masks.  An altogether rarer beast is the intelligent, grown up espionage film examining the elaborate games and psychological somersaults required of those in the spying business.  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, adapted from the novel by John le Carre, looks to be just such a film.  As a new UK teaser makes clear, Gary Oldman plays a semi-retired MI6 secret agent tasked with rooting out a mole at the height of Cold War paranoia.  It's a damn fine trailer, though it does make the odd choise of having voiceover pronouncing text that's onscreen.

That Gary Oldman has never even been nominated for an Oscar boggles the mind.  We're talking about the prolific master of accents who has played Lee Harvey Oswald, Drexl Spivey, Jean-Baptise Emanuel Zorg, Rosencrantz, Ludwig van Beethoven, and even Sirius Black and Commissioner Gordon.  For the first time in his long and varied career, though, Mr. Oldman is stirring up awards-y talk for his lead performance in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, an adaptation of the novel by espionage-master John le Carre.  A new UK trailer for the Cold War-era thriller introcudes Oldman as George Smiley, a more-or-less retired spy tasked with rooting out a Soviet mole in MI6, the British intelligence agency.  Like its predecessor, it's a hell of a trailer, promising a classy, gripping film with a faultless ensemble at work.

Swedish director Tomas Alfredson had an international breakout hit with the creepy, touching, and altogether unique Let the Right One In.  His follow-up, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, is based on a novel by John le Carre, but unlike most espionage thrillers, this one isn't based around improbable stuntwork and gadgetry.  Instead, Alfredson has rounded up some of the best British actors in the business (Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, etc.) and let them loose on a story of Cold War paranoia and lies in MI-6, the British intelligence service.  A new international trailer put the formidable cast on display and promises a smart, tense experience.

Tom Hardy (Inception) will join Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Ciaran Hinds, Jared Harris and Colin Firth in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John Le Carre's 1974 novel.