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Warner Bros signs Clooney for 'Tourist'
Published Thursday, Jun 12 2008, 11:56 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
Anthony Peckham, the screenwriter behind Clint Eastwood's upcoming Human Factor, will adapt Olen Steinhauer's novel for the studio.
Described as a spy thriller in the vein of John le Carre, The Tourist revolves around an intelligence agent who unveils a conspiracy while fighting to clear his name for a murder he didn't commit.
Clooney will also serve as a producer on the film with his Smoke House production company partners Grant Heslov and Nina Wolarsky.
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