Kurzel Nabs Our Kind Of Traitor

Justin Kurzel, the director of the great Aussie thriller "Snowtown," is set to call action on a film adaptation of author John le Carré's novel "Our Kind of Traitor " says Variety.

Hossein Amini ("Drive) wrote the adapted screenplay which follows a young couple who are persuaded into helping a charismatic Russian criminal to defect. The story takes place across London, Paris, Moscow and Tangiers.

Stephen Cornwell, Simon Cornwell, Rhodri Thomas, Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood will produce.

Production hopes to kick off this Fall.