Charlie Hannem, familiar to the audience on the series "Sons of Anarchy" and the film "Pacific" officially approved for the role of Lina in the "serial" adaptation of the novel "Chantaram". To the choice of an actor to the main role was fit very carefully. There were rumors that even Johnny Depp was considered.
Studio Warner Bros. I paid $ 2 million for the ability to transfer the history to the screen, which was published in 39 languages in 42 countries with a circulation of more than 6 million copies. Roman Gregory David Roberts, published in 2003, partly autobiographical. When working on it, the writer relied on the events of his own life. The main character is a former writer and a robber who escaped from Australian prison, where he served a nineteen-year-old sentence. After some time spent in Australia and New Zealand, according to the fake passport, in the name of Lindsay Ford, comes to Bombay and begins to work on the local mafia.
According to preliminary information, the series will consist of 10 episodes. The filming of the first two episodes was entrusted to Justin Kurshel, that he himself was put on the Macbeth MacBet filmpect. Eric Singer works on the script. Russian-speaking viewer he is familiar with the painting "Red Sparrow".
At first, the shooting group will go to Australia, and then moves to India. There will be a majority of the project. As for the date of the premiere, it is still unknown even for approximate terms of the "Chantaram" output on the screen.
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