Emmy winner Ewan McGregor (Big fish, Fargo, Ob-Wan Kenobi) signed to star in the British drama series A gentleman in Moscow to Paramount +. McGregor will replace Kenneth Branagh in the role of “Count Alexander Rostov who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, discovers that his golden past puts him on the wrong side of history, in the adaptation of Amor Towles’ international best-selling novel which will go into production later this year . “
McGregor’s character synopsis continues: “Spared from immediate execution, he is banned from a Soviet court in an attic of the opulent Hotel Metropol, threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances allow it to step into a much wider world of emotional discovery. As he builds a new life within the hotel walls, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love. “
McGregor will executive produce the series alongside showrunner Ben Vanstone (All creatures large and small, The last reign); the director of the show, Tom Harper (War and peace, Peaky Blinders), Xavier Marchand (Nautilus, Mrs. Harris goes to Paris); and author Amor Towleswho is adapting the script, whose novel has sold more than four million copies worldwide.
Paramount + international original A gentleman in Moscow will be produced by eOne in association with VIS, the international studio division of Paramount Global, and will air on Showtime in the United States
via: Deadline
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
