The first book in a trilogy is set in the Joseph Stalin-era Soviet Union and follows disgraced lawman Leo Demidov who is assigned to investigate a series of gruesome child murders.
Tom Hardy will play the Soviet officer while Noomi Rapace will play his wife, who pretends to be a doting partner but is concealing many thoughts and feelings. "RoboCop" remake star Joel Kinnaman will play the killer responsible for these brutal deaths
Oldman is set to play a member of the secret police who also happens to be a suspect in the case.
The story is based on the real life tale of Ukrainian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka the Rostov Ripper who was executed in 1994 for 52 murders.
Daniel Espinosa will call action on the pic.
Kinnaman and Espinosa have worked together on the international hit Easy Money (a.k.a. Snabba Cash) and the action-thriller Safe House
Richard Price adapted the script.
Ridley Scott was once attached to direct and remains producer with Michael Costigan
Hardy and Rapace are also set to work on Michael R. Roskam's film adaptation of author Dennis Lehane's short story "Animal Rescue" which will shoot first.
The news reports state Kinnaman is Hardy's 'nemesis'. The killer and the 'nemesis' are two different characters in the book. But you might have more knowledge than me about the roles.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous I have not read the book--I was going by the info offered by THR which discribes Kinnaman as Hardy’s ambitious and murderous nemesis. you could be right but I took that desciption to mean the main killer of the story...Thanks for your info and reading the blog
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