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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy director Tomas Alfredson has said that he would be interested in helming a TV reboot starring Gary Oldman as intelligence officer George Smiley.<\/p>\n
The spy thriller, which turned 10 this year, is based on John Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s novel of the same name and follows veteran MI6 agent Smiley as he tries to find a mole within the organisation and stop them from selling British secrets to Russian intelligence.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Alfredson said that while a film sequel to Tinker Tailor is unlikely, he would like to be involved in a TV adaptation of Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s Smiley\u2019s People.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt like I couldn\u2019t do another Smiley film directly after the first, it wouldn\u2019t feel right. I was too exhausted and worn out on this particular subject at that moment. I was still very open to making it!\u201d<\/p>\n He added that the rights reverted back to Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s estate and that there are plans for a reboot in the future, saying: \u201cI think they\u2019re planning to do some kind of a big relaunch on The Smiley Saga for television, but I\u2019m not involved in it.\u201d<\/p> When asked whether he would like to be involved, he said: \u201cThey would need to remake Tinker Tailor again as a part of that, and maybe it\u2019s better if someone else would do that.<\/p>\n \u201cI would be interested in Smiley\u2019s People \u2013 it would also be a great thing for Gary, since he\u2019s 10 years older now. But I think continuing down that road has passed for some because of the plans for a TV reboot. They have different plans for George Smiley.\u201d<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Sabastian Astley.<\/em><\/p>\n Read the full interview with Tomas Alfredson in our RT Rewind, available online Monday 6th December.<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for something to watch on telly this evening? We\u2019ve got you covered. Check out our TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest film news and recommendations.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Saturday, 04 December 2021 at 12:00 am Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy director Tomas Alfredson has said that he would be interested in helming a TV reboot starring Gary Oldman as intelligence officer George Smiley. The spy thriller, which turned 10 this year, is based on John Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s novel of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8225,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/tinker-tailor-director-hints-at-tv-reboot-for-smiley-doubts-film-sequel.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Saturday, 04 December 2021 at 12:00 am Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy director Tomas Alfredson has said that he would be interested in helming a TV reboot starring Gary Oldman as intelligence officer George Smiley. The spy thriller, which turned 10 this year, is based on John Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s novel of the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/8224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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