Harper previously directed Peaky Blinders and the BBC TV mini-series War & Peace (2016), which is also set in Russia.įrom Tom Harper’s 2016 War & Peace BBC Series Branaugh has other book to film projects in the works as well, as he also recently directed and stars in Death on the Nile as Hercule Poirot, which is expected to be released in 2020. In 2018, it was announced that Kenneth Branaugh had become attached to the project to produce the series along with Entertainment One as well as star in it. Carolyn Newman of Entertainment One, a Canadian production company, acquired the film rights to A Gentleman in Moscow in August 2017. Everyone is signed on contractually, so it should happen.” Who’s behind it?Īpple is attached as a producer, so it looks like this is headed for their streaming service. With Hollywood you never know until the last minute, but they are writing the screenplay right now. We will do the story of the novel in 16 hours. We started with a six-hour plan – Apple with its new streaming service is producing it – and they were like, six is not enough.

There was a lot of interest in making a feature film, but I said we can’t do it.

It was previously reported (by author Amor Towles) that it was to be around 6-8 hours total, but it looks like that turned out not to be feasible given the amount of material to be covered.įrom Towles: “I was adamant it not become a feature film. It’s planned as a limited series, to be around 16 hours in length in total, likely to be aired on Apple+. What format will it be? Is A Gentleman in Moscow planned as a Movie or a Series?

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