MRC is preparing a series about Rasputin
The creative team, which presented the audience with the critically acclaimed horror "The Witch", began work on a new project. According to the site Deadline , MRC , responsible for the TV adaptation of The Dark Tower and the comedy The Extra One, has invited a director and screenwriter Robert Eggers to create a series about Grigory Rasputin. Jay Van Hoi and Lars Knudsen will be producing the drama.According to the source, the new project will tell about the origin of Rasputin and his path to the top of power, which ended in a terrible death in the waters of the Neva River. Grigory Rasputin , who was considered by some to be a divine man, and by others an adventurer, was a close friend of the Romanovs family and helped Tsarevich Alexei cope with hemophilia. The influence of Rasputin on the royal family was so great that they tried to kill him several times. In 1916, one of these attempts ended in success.  The series of the company MRC is the second major Hollywood project about Grigory Rasputin . Studio Warner Bros. is preparing its own film about him, the script for which is written by Jason Hall, and the role of Rasputin in it is intended for Leonardo DiCaprio.  The Witch Eggers made its debut last year at the Sundance Independent Film Festival, and the horror movie was released in the US only last week. earning $ 8.8 million on its first weekend. The date of the film's premiere in USA has not yet been determined. The Topic of Article: MRC is preparing a series about Rasputin. |
