Film Music Reporter

Herbert Grönemeyer is reteaming with director Anton Corbijn on the upcoming thriller A Most Wanted Man. The film is based on John le Carré’s bestselling 2008 novel of the same title and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigory Dobrygin, Derya Alabora, Nina Hoss, Daniel Brühl and Franz Hartwig. The movie center around a Chechnian Muslim who illegally immigrates to Hamburg, Germany, where he gets caught up in the international war on terror. Australian writer Andrew Bovell (Lantana) has adapted the material for the screen. Gail Egan (The Constant Gardener) and Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland) are producing the Potboiler, The Ink Factory and Amusement Park production with Stephen Cornwell (screenwriter of Unknown), Simon Cornwell and Malte Grunert (Perfect Sense). Grönemeyer has previously scored Corbijn’s 2010 drama The American starring George Clooney. A Most Wanted Man is currently in post-production and is expected to premiere later this year.