Michael Shannon joins the cast of AMC and BBC One's 'Little Drummer Girl' miniseries
21st century's Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon has a new name and it goes by the name of Michael Shannon.
AMC and BBC One networks will be adapting John le Carré's 1983 spy novel The Little Drummer Girl into a six-part miniseries starring none other than Michael Shannon.
According to Deadline, production on Carré's adapted espionage-thriller is said to begin early 2019 in a story that follows Michael Shannon as an Israeli intelligence officer “Martin Kurtz” who recruits a brilliant but radical left-wing English actress named “Charlie” (Florence Pugh) in a scheme to capture a Palestinian terrorist. The six-part miniseries co-stars Alexander Skarsgård as Becker (presumed to be "Joseph" from Carré's novel), as an Israeli Intelligence case officer assigned to guide Charlie through her complex and deceptive journey as a double-agent. All six episodes will be helmed by Korean auteur extraordinaire, Park Chan-wook - a name you can certainly trust.
The Little Drummer Girl joins the ever-growing list of 14 John le Carré novels adapted for film and television, including 1984's 'Drummer Girl starring Diane Keaton, and most recently AMC and BBC One's The Night Manager starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, and 2011’s big screen adaptation of Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
As a fan of Shannon, Carre, and Park Chan-wook, I can say without a doubt this miniseries will be a highlight of 2020.
