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Baz Luhrmann No Longer Attached to ‘The Master and Margarita’ Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)
Producers have grown inpatient with Baz Luhrmann's inactivity over his adaptation of acclaimed Russian novel ‘The Master and Margarita.’
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and formation of the Russian Federation, various international laws were enacted resulting in copyright being restored in the work, which eventually passed to Sergey Shilovsky and his sister Daria Shilovskaya. Apparently bucking the trend, a Russian adaptation of the novel, directed by Michael Lockshin and produced by Len Blavatnik, was finally released in Russia in January of this year where it quickly became a box office hit despite backlash from the Kremlin, which included threats to ban the film. While pre-production and production went “very smoothly,” Lockshin said, with a snazzy festival debut followed by international theatrical release almost guaranteed, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022 — followed by financial sanctions against the country — threw a massive spanner in the works.
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