The American actor Johnny Depp is going to play Alexander Litvinenko in the film after the book by the widow of the former FSB officer poisoned in London.
As The Observer informs, Marina Litvinenko told about it in the Cannes. She also confessed that the book had not been finished yet.
According to the British newspaper, the rights to the uncompleted book were bought by the American company Warner Bros; earlier some other companies were also mentioned. The film most probably will be directed by Michael Mann known for his film The Last of the Mohicans.
It was informed earlier that Johnny Depp’s company Infinitum Nihil had purchased rights to produce a film about Alexander Litvinenko after the book of another poisoned person, the journalist Alan Cowell. Along with producing, the famous actor had also been considered the most probable performer of the lead.
Source: fontanka.ru