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      "Farewell will not" - military-historical drama dedicated to the protection of Kalinin in the Great Patriotic War.
At present, the creative team has already been formed, is refinement scenario, selection of actors, objects, costumes, props.
Filming is scheduled to begin this fall.

      Georgy Malkov going to film in the genre of horror film.
In March, will begin shooting horror chamber "Reverse", in which only two characters, and all the action takes place in the car.
Roles performed by Alexander Petrov ("Firs 3") and Svetlana Ustinov ("Boomer. The second film").
Will be directed by Klim Poplawski ("Decent people").

      In Moscow finished shooting the teen horror movie called "Speculum", a modern version of the horror stories about the Queen of Spades.
Roles are played by Igor Hripunov ("Playing the Victim"), Evgenia Loza ("Zolushka.ru"), as well as young talents: Sergey Pohodaev ("Graduation", "Leviathan"), Valery Dmitriev ("Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone") Alina Babak ("Priest-San", "The Dawns Here Are Quiet").
Directed and written by Svyatoslav Podgaevskaya, remembered last year's HCS-horror "Possession 18".
Producing project Georgi Malkov and Vladimir Polyakov from Enjoy Movies.

      Production of which began in 2012.
The painting is dedicated to the history of the main theater of the country and the fate of several Russian dancers of the XX century.
One of the main roles performed by young ballerina Margarita Simonova. Together with her in the film take part Alisa Freundlich, Igor Yasulovich, Alexander Domogarov and is rumored to Maya Plisetskaya and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Engaged in the production of "The production company Valeri Todorovski" supported by the TV channel "Russia" and the Cinema Fund.
Filming will continue until the summer, and the prime minister is not expected until 2016.

       The film company "Mars Media" finished shooting historical drama "The Great."
12-part film is dedicated to the history of the formation of Russian empress since its arrival in Russia before the accession to the throne.
In the title role - Julia Snigir. Also in the picture are involved Pavel Derevyanko, Roman Madyanov Sergei Shakur, Natalia Surkov, Mark Bogatyrev, Stanislav Lyubshin.
Director - Igor Zaitsev ("High Security Vacation", "Chkalov"), a producer of Ruben Dishdishyan Aram Movsesian, Elena Denisevich.
Filming took place in two phases, began in December 2013 and lasted a total of 130 shifts. The main places of historical objects began filming in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.
Live "The Great" will be released this spring on the "First Channel".

      In Kostroma started shooting retro-drama titled "Faith".
In the story The film is set in the years 1948-1958 in Chita, and the main characters are the Old Believers.
Among the supporting cast - Dmitry Dyuzhev and Artyom Mikhalkov.
Filming will continue until mid-March.
Engaged in manufacturing production center "Media Trust."

      "Central Partnership" and director of "Wii" Oleg Stepchenko started shooting historical action games "Kolovrat".
The picture of the legendary Ryazan governor Evpati Kolovrat, which gave resistance army Batu be sustained in the spirit of the epic "300" and "Game of Thrones."
Shooting period will last six months, and the premiere is expected in autumn 2016.

      At the heart of his script - French bestseller Sylvain Tesson Dans les forêts de Sibérie, award winning 'Medici Essay "as the best book in the genre of non-fiction.
Director of the project - Safi Nebbia ("giraffe's neck", "As a man"). French company engaged in the production of "Nord-West".
Starring in the movie performed by Raphael Personnaz ("new girlfriend") and Eugene Sidikhin ("Gangster Petersburg").
Filming began last week and will continue until the beginning of March.
Output picture is scheduled for 2016.

      The script of the series "Gosznak" wrote Zoe curls.
In the series, two storylines: the theft of brothers Kalachyan of the State Bank of the Armenian SSR and a half million rubles and serial killer murders of girls in red clothes.
Director - Eugene Zvezdakov ("Talianki"), a producer acts Denis Evstigneev, is already working on "Mosgaz" and "Executioner".
Starring actors, also involved in these projects: Andrew Smolyakov Marina Alexandrova, Yuri Chursin, Alex Bardukov, Maria Andreeva.

      Take a new version of the cult Soviet film-catastrophe "Crew" came to an end. Over large-scale project studio "TriTe" company "Central Partnership" and the TV channel "Russia-1" has a team of "Legends №17»: producers Leonid Vereshchagin, Anton Zlatopolsky and Nikita Mikhalkov, director Nikolai Lebedev, the operator Irek Hartowicz, writer Nikolai Kulikov.
Roles are played by Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Mashkov, Katherine Spitz, Sergei Shakur, Elena Yakovleva, Irina Pegova, Sergei Gazarov ("12"), Sergey Kempo ("Legend №17») and Lithuanian actress Agne chest ("Valentine's Day" ).
The shooting took place over five months in Moscow, and in the Crimea.
The film is the second (after the "Stalingrad") project in the domestic film, shot in the format IMAX.
Premiere this fall.

      In Moscow studio Inspiration Films finished shooting romkoma titled "30 meetings".
In the story the main character is trying to overcome the bitterness of parting with her partner using psychological training.
The film took part Garik Kharlamov, Jan Tsapnik, Nikita Dzhigurda Dmitry Bogdan ("Chapiteau Show"), Nikita Panfilov ("Duhless"), Daniel Yakushev ("Kiss!"), And the main role performed by the star «Comedy Woman» Natalia Medvedev.
Director of the film prefers to hide under the pseudonym Captain Tatiana. On the screens of movie will be released in December 2015.

      Constantine will play the legendary Soviet announcer Yuri Levitan.
At the moment, the film company "Mars Media" holds the final casting, filming will begin in February.
The film "says Moscow" will consist of 8 series, which will be shown on Channel either in this or next year.

      Science fiction writer Sergey Lukyanenko in talks with several film companies to continue the adaptation of his novels about the "Watch".
As you know, after the "Night Watch" and "Day" planned shooting "Twilight", but the project was shelved.
Now it is revived in the format of the television series. According Lukyanenko, the first episode can be ready within a year.

      Producer Alexander Rodnyanskii considering three projects that the director wanted to work.
One scenario - "Grapes" - is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, and it "all centered around Russian pain." The second story - about the first years of Christianity in Russia "in 1015, Kievan Rus', the story of the monk, the story of a warrior." The third story tells of ancient Greece, the duration - "four hundredth BC."
As the director says, all three projects - "massive things in terms of financial costs are very expensive," so he expects to receive state support for their production.
Andrei Zvyagintsev also hopes that develop some lighter idea that does not require large financial costs plus these three projects.

      The plot revolves around the picture with the working title "Defenders" - adventure squad of superheroes who work in secret organization "Patriot". The main characters will be four, and each of them - a bright representative of one of the nationalities of the USSR. Superheroes had cooperated during the Cold War, but later broke up. In our time, they once again come together to protect the interests of the country.
Director of the project - Saric Andreasyan ("American Heist"). As the press-service production company Enjoy Movies operator film becomes Maxim Osadchiy ("Stalingrad", "Company 9"). Scenario paintings wrote Andrei Gavrilov ("Mafia").
Casting for the lead roles will continue until the end of February.
The project budget is -320 000 000 rubles. "Most of the filming will take place in a specially built large-scale scenery, plus the assumed use of computer graphics.
Shooting period is planned for May-June 2015.

      Producer center "Kinotun" and company "Aldamisa" launches the adventure film "Rock and Road".
Confusing plot tape associated with the kidnappings, car chases, bikers, "NATO hawks" and "Russian Bear".
The main role in the film will perform French actor Sami Nasser.
Director is Gregory Gyardushyan ("Rude and Sam"), producing Armen Adilkhanyan ("Bastards", "Plato").
Supported by the cinema.
Filming will take place from May to August 2015, is expected to premiere in 2016.

      Studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced the start of filming of a new historical drama "Ben-Hur".
Director's chair takes Timur Bekmambetov, who will work with the writers Kate Clark and John Ridley, adapt known novel by Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur".

Jack Huston ("American Hustle") will play Judah Ben-Hur, and Morgan Freeman appear as Ilderima.
Producers of the film are the Sean Daniel (franchise "The Mummy"), Duncan Henderson, Roma Downey, Keith R. Clarke, John Ridley ("12 Years a Slave") and Jason Brown.

Filming will take place in Italy in Rome and Matera, rental painting is scheduled for early 2016.

      Director Yuri Bykov together with Timur Bekmambetov prepares kosmoopery "First Time."
Picture of Bazelevs devoted Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and perfect them for the first time in the history of spacewalk.
The premiere is scheduled for 2016.

      In the story, two ten year old boy having a rest in a summer camp, where they were in the squad that consists entirely of girls. In the camp, a large-scale radio-controlled improvised race racing, but broke his heroes and decide to escape the city to buy a real boat.
The budget of the project with the working title "Escape" - 60 million rubles. Engaged in the production of the film company Lunapark, producers - Ilya Burets and Dmitry Nelidov ("bitter", "Bitter 2").
Is directed by Anton Lanshakov ("It is not a fairy tale", "Man-smile").

       The film company Russian World Vision decided on the director of the ambitious project of contemporary events in the east of Ukraine "Volunteers."
Setting of the picture of the scenario Eduard Bagirov ("Ashes") will author of "Major" and "Fool" Yuri Bykov.
Filming is scheduled for autumn 2015, and directly in the Ukraine in the field of the current fighting.
The premiere is expected in 2016.