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UA’s Scott Stuber Lands Evan Gershkovich Film; ‘Conclave’ Helmer Edward Berger To Tell Story Of WSJ Reporter Who Spent Year In Russian Prison On Bogus Spying Charges
UA’s Scott Stuber Lands Evan Gershkovich Film; ‘Conclave’ Helmer Edward Berger, David Weil, Amy Pascal To Tell Story Of WSJ Reporter Who Spent Year In Russian Prison On Bogus Spying Charge
EXCLUSIVE: United Artists ’ Scott Stuber has reeled in a big package: Conclave helmer Edward Berger directing a film about Evan Gershkovich and the harrowing year the Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent spent in a Russian prison on fabricated espionage charges after being arrested by the Federal Security Service. Gershkovich strenuously denied the flimsy espionage charges, and after he was freed, he and three of his colleagues leaned into the activities of Moscow’s Department for Counterintelligence Operations, and how it spearheaded a campaign to arrest American citizens on Russian soil, including basketball player Brittney Griner. It also detailed how Gershkovich was used as trade bait and how that Department played a substantial role in “plunging Russia into its biggest wave of repression since the demise of Joseph Stalin.”
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