Believe it or not, it’s been about three weeks since the last trailer was released for Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I don’t know about you, but I’ve just been waiting for more. This has got to be one of the most hotly anticipated films in recent memory. It’s not Lord of the Rings or another new Star Wars installment to be sure, but in addition to the hipster film geeks, fans of British cinema (since just about every working Brit actor is in the thing) and of old school spy thrillers are excited as well. I think this one is going to cross generational lines and be a massive all around hit.

This trailer doesn’t contain a lot we haven’t seen in other trailers. Mostly the material has either been expanded, contracted or rearranged. We do, however, get a better look at John Hurt’s character known simply as “Control”. Tom Hardy’s character, Ricki Tarr, appears to be central to the plot unless they’re just putting a lot of him in the trailers to drive me mad. I should probably read the book.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy  has been described as a both “breathtakingly ordinary” and the “anti-James Bond” for its more realistic approach to the spy biz. I can’t wait to see what Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) has done with it in its entirety. The official synopsis: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6′s echelons. Gary Oldman stars as Smiley and in addition to Hurt and Hardy, the sublime cast includes Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch (who gets his own brand spanking new character poster below), Simon McBurney and Stephen Graham among others.

Find the mole starting on 16 September in the UK (although Venice gets first crack) and then on November 18 in the US.