ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
"The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (in-production)
- Shoot Dates: January 20, 2025 to March 20, 2025 - A young Russian filmmaker becomes an unlikely advisor to Vladimir Putin (Jude Law), navigating the new era's complexities -
Alicia Vikander
again with
Jude Law
- starring in The Wizard of the Kremlin
Assayas and Emmanuel Carrere"s co-adapt script follows a young Baranov in the aftermath of the USSR"s collapse in the early 1990s as he goes from a young artist and TV producer to an influential government official and one of Putin"s closest liaisons, bending the truth as he sees fit.
Working at the heart of Russian power, Baranov blurs truth with lies, the news with propaganda, directing the entire society like one great reality show. Only his love for the magnetic, free-minded Ksenia can turn him away from this dangerous game. The Wizard of the Kremlin sets out to tell Baranov"s story, and through his eyes, tell the dark secrets of the regime he helped build.
Alicia Vikander will be working with Assayas and Law again on The Wizard of the Kremlin, an adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli"s novel about a fictionalised spin doctor. 'It"s about a very interesting time in Russian history,' says Vikander. 'The 90s in Moscow must have been extraordinary to live through.' Told from the Russian perspective, the story depicts the rise of an authoritarian leader. 'This is a story where maybe, culturally, we think: "Oh, this is other, this happened somewhere else." And then you realise, no, it just happened 15 years earlier [than in the west]. So who are we to criticise anything, considering that that"s very much part of western politics and history at the moment?' stated during a 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited interview.
Political Thriller
- Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Zach Galifianakis and Tom Sturridge team up in Olivier Assayas' political thriller "The Wizard of the Kremlin," based on Giuliano da Empoli's bestseller.
