This is a pretty great development, at least for the cast and crew of The Tourist. The film has gone through a lot of personnel tweaks, as we’ve reported over the last few weeks. The cast finally settled down, with Angelina Jolie and Sam Worthington set as the two leads. With those in place, it seems like the director’s chair formerly held by Bharat Nalluri will be filled by a great talent: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who won the 2007 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for his film The Lives of Others.

Variety reports that the deal isn’t done, but that Jolie’s agreement to do the film would be based on finding the right director. As of Friday night that was said to be von Donnersmarck, so now the last round of chicken begins. Jolie will do the film if the director says yes, and I’d guess that he’s interested …