Danny Boyle wants Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson in his next film!

The Playlist has the details:

If there was every any doubt, after work like “Shallow Grave,” “Trainspotting” and “Sunshine,”Danny Boyle has firmly planted his feet among the A-list of directors: he’s had two Best Picture nominees in a row, with the first of them, “Slumdog Millionaire” winning a Best Director Oscar; he’s scored a big stage hit in “Frankenstein”; and he’s been handed the responsibility for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. While the latter will take up most of Boyle’s next year, he’s not going to be totally absent from the film world; it was announced a few months ago that he’s planning a new heist thriller, “Trance,” a remake of the 2001 British TV movie.

Take a gander at the Teaser Trailer for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy!

Behold:

-Joey's Two Cents: We officially have another Oscar contender on our hands...thoughts?

Universal picks up Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for release this year!

From Deadline:

Universal Pictures has acquired domestic distribution rights to Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy, the Tomas Alfredson-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre novel that stars Gary Oldman, freshly minted Oscar winner Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong. and Ciaran Hinds. The rights were held by Studiocanal, and the film was produced by Working Title. Universal is eyeing a November or December release for the picture., which is in post production. Script was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan.

The project was one of the hottest titles shopped in Berlin, where buyers watched several minutes of footage and read the script for Afredson’s follow-up to Let the Right One In. I’m told that Universal, through its first look deal with Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, had a first look that it initially didn’t exercise. Then the picture got hot, with The Weinstein Company and Summit Entertainment chasing it hard. I’ve heard the bidding was in the vicinity of $5 million for domestic rights before Universal swooped in and took the project off the table. Studiocanal, which fully financed the film, will distribute in the UK, France and Germany and is handling international sales throughout the rest of the world. Bevan and Fellner produce with Robyn Slovo, with Liza Chasin, Le Carre, Peter Morgan, Douglas Urbanski, and Debra Hayward exec producing.