The Oscar-winning German spy drama "The Lives of Others" is set to be remade as an English-language movie, Daily Variety reported in its Thursday edition.

The trade paper said the project would be developed by former Miramax Films chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and filmmakers Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella.

"The Lives of Others" revolves around a secret agent in 1980s East Germany who wiretaps the apartment of an artistic couple, and finds himself sucked into their lives, with tragic consequences.

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