During the gaming exhibition gamescom 2019, developers from 4A Games and launched the first expansion "Two Colonels" for their action game . But this is not the only news related to the "Metro" universe created by Dmitry Alekseevich Glukhovsky. During on "VKontakte" (and then ) the writer announced the preparation of a film "Metro 2033."
The premiere of the full-length film based on the namesake post-apocalyptic novel is scheduled for January 1, 2022. The producers are Evgeny Vladimirovich Nikishov and Valery Valeryevich Fedorovich, who were involved in projects like "Chernobyl: Exclusion Zone," "Gogol," and "Policeman from Rublyovka." Production will be handled by TV-3, TNT-PREMIER Studios, and the film company "Central Partnership" (part of "Gazprom-Media"), with the author himself also participating in the work.
"Metro 2033 is my first novel, and it has played a very special role in my life, and despite numerous offers to adapt it, I waited more than ten years. In Russia, I didn't see producers capable of bringing this book to the screen," said Mr. Glukhovsky, adding that the right team has finally emerged. "Our ambitions align — to create a blockbuster of world caliber and surprise even those who have read the 'Metro' trilogy and know it by heart. And to ensure they are not disappointed, I am ready to be the creative producer of the film and assist in its creation both verbally and practically."
For his part, Valery Fedorovich emphasized that the adaptation of "Metro 2033" will be the most ambitious and large-scale film ever launched by his holding. The budget for creation and promotion (including outside Russia) promises to be record-breaking. Judging by the release date, the creators are confident in its success and are not afraid of competition for viewers' wallets with New Year's blockbusters. Nothing has been disclosed about the cast of the future film.
Metro 2033 is the first part of a trilogy about the lives of people in the Moscow subway after a nuclear war. The book became an international bestseller and has been translated into 37 languages, not least due to its video game adaptation. Let's hope that the film adaptation will be worthy and will not repeat the fate of a similar Hollywood project announced in March 2016, which then faded into obscurity, produced by Michael De Luca, who worked on films like The Social Network and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Source: 3dnews.ru
