Australian Luminosity Entertainment will produce a brand-new movie that will shed light on the life and also unfortunate death of acclaimed Russian reporter and human rights protestor Anna Politkovskaya, according to details published by Deadline.
The film titled “Mother Russia” will certainly be guided by British supervisor James Strong best understood for his deal with the crime drama television series “Broadchurch.”
Anna Politkovskaya arrived around the world for her protection of the Second Chechen War, in which she discovered numerous civils rights violations and also abuses dedicated during the conflict.
Politkovskaya got normal death dangers linked to her investigatory work. She was murdered in the entrance to her apartment building in October 2006. Provocateurs or enrollers of Politkovskaya’s murder have never ever been identified or billed.
Politkovskaya will be depicted on the screen by the two-times BAFTA-nominated English starlet Maxine Peake, while Oscar-nominated actor Ciaran Hinds will take on the function of Nobel prize-winning editor-in-chief of Russia’s Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov.
“Anna Politkovskaya’s story is one of incredible resolution and also guts when faced with unimaginable circumstances. I am so enjoyed be working with Miriam and Paul on this extraordinary film,” Luminosity Entertainment CEO Daniel Diamond informed Deadline.
Politkovskaya’s husband Alexander Politkovsky will certainly be played by Jason Isaacs, that is also recognized to visitors for his portrayal of Georgy Zhukov in Armando Iannucci’s “The Death of Stalin.”
Manufacturing of the biopic is set to begin late this summer season in London and also an undefined location in Latvia.
Politkovskaya’s tale was formerly illustrated on display in “A Bitter Taste of Freedom,” a documentary by late Russian-American filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya.
