Directed by Steven Soderbergh, The Good German is set in Berlin just after World War II and is based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, whose life as a writer took off after he ended his career as a publisher at Dutton and Houghton Mifflin. The movie stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Robin Weigert and Dave Power and opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, December 8, and nationally on December 25.
Already the cast is doing some promotion: George Clooney will appear tonight on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Tie-in editions are:
- Trade paper (Picador, $14, 0312426089)
- Mass market (St. Martin's, $7.99, 0312942109)
- Abridged CD read by Stanley Tucci (S&S Audio, $14.95, 0743564227)