Apple TV Plus has ordered its first Russian-language original series, “Container,” Variety can exclusively reveal.
The series, which comes via a co-production deal with subscription-based streaming service Start, is a thriller starring “The Bourne Supremacy’s” Oksana Akinshina alongside Russian screen stars Filipp Yankovskiy (“The Three Musketeers”), Marusya Fomina (“Gold Diggers”) and Artem Bystrov (“Earthquake”).
Described as “bold” and “unflinching,” the series sees Akinshina play Sasha, a surrogate mother hiding a dangerous secret who reluctantly finds herself ensconced in the luxurious home of the rich family whose baby she is gestating. As Sasha navigates the privilege and politics of the super-rich, both her secrets and theirs threaten to collide.
The series was directed by Maksim Sveshnikov (“257 Reasons to Live”) from a screenplay written by Alexey Lyapichev (“257 Reasons to Live”). It is produced by Eduard Iloyan, Vitaly Shlyappo, Alexey Trotsyuk, Denis Zhalinsky and Mikhail Tkachenko.
“Container” premiered in Russia and Cis...
The series, which comes via a co-production deal with subscription-based streaming service Start, is a thriller starring “The Bourne Supremacy’s” Oksana Akinshina alongside Russian screen stars Filipp Yankovskiy (“The Three Musketeers”), Marusya Fomina (“Gold Diggers”) and Artem Bystrov (“Earthquake”).
Described as “bold” and “unflinching,” the series sees Akinshina play Sasha, a surrogate mother hiding a dangerous secret who reluctantly finds herself ensconced in the luxurious home of the rich family whose baby she is gestating. As Sasha navigates the privilege and politics of the super-rich, both her secrets and theirs threaten to collide.
The series was directed by Maksim Sveshnikov (“257 Reasons to Live”) from a screenplay written by Alexey Lyapichev (“257 Reasons to Live”). It is produced by Eduard Iloyan, Vitaly Shlyappo, Alexey Trotsyuk, Denis Zhalinsky and Mikhail Tkachenko.
“Container” premiered in Russia and Cis...
- 12/13/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Russian comedy-drama series “257 Reasons to Live,” which will play in competition at Canneseries, follows cancer patient Zhenya after she unexpectedly goes into remission and receives the all-clear.
Unable to believe her luck, Zhenya (played by Polina Maximova) is determined not to waste a minute of her life. She comes across an old notebook she started when she was first diagnosed, containing a bucket list of 257 things she would like to do before she dies. So she sets out to complete the list.
Alexey Lyapichev, the creative producer and lead writer on “257 Reasons to Live,” talks to Variety about the series, which is directed by Maksim Sveshnikov, produced by Yellow, Black and White, Start and Super Production, and sold worldwide by Beta Film.
What was the inspiration for the story?
Cancer is the 21st century disease. It has affected lots of families and people all over the world. I guess more...
Unable to believe her luck, Zhenya (played by Polina Maximova) is determined not to waste a minute of her life. She comes across an old notebook she started when she was first diagnosed, containing a bucket list of 257 things she would like to do before she dies. So she sets out to complete the list.
Alexey Lyapichev, the creative producer and lead writer on “257 Reasons to Live,” talks to Variety about the series, which is directed by Maksim Sveshnikov, produced by Yellow, Black and White, Start and Super Production, and sold worldwide by Beta Film.
What was the inspiration for the story?
Cancer is the 21st century disease. It has affected lots of families and people all over the world. I guess more...
- 4/1/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
A Russian animated adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, Snow Queen proves both visually cruddy and narratively muddled. Boasting the type of third-rate CG typical of direct-to-video Barbie features, Vladlen Barbe and Maksim Sveshnikov's film concerns the efforts of Gerda (Jessica Straus) to save her brother, Kai (Marianne Miller), from the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson). The evil villainess has captured Kai because she thinks he's the last remaining heir of a man who made magical mirrors that reveal people's true selves. These mirrors pose some sort of threat to the Queen's plans to turn their fantasy world into an icy wasteland, though it's not clear why, since every character's genuine nature is already apparent at first glance. Trying to d...
- 10/9/2013
- Village Voice
Title: Snow Queen Directed by: Vladlen Barbe, Maksim Sveshnikov Starring: Doug Erholtz, Wendee Lee, Marianne Miller, Cindy Robinson, Christopher Smith, Jessica Straus, Kirk Thornton Running time: 80 minutes, Unrated (PG), VOD on October 10, 2013 and in Theaters on October 11, 2013 Orm the troll narrates the story of the Snow Queen. The Snow Queen has set out to capture and destroy all artists – painters, musicians and wizards in order to keep mankind’s morale low enough to control and manipulate. Her last target was Master Vegard, a man who made magic mirrors, and unbeknownst to her, had two children who still pose a threat. She sends Orm to find [ Read More ]
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- 9/30/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
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