Film Adaptations
Azazel was filmed for Russian television in 2002. Ilya Noskov starred as Fandorin, and Akunin adapted his own novel into a screenplay.
Fyodor Bondarchuk is set to direct the English-language film version of Azazel with Paul Verhoeven as producer. The screenplay is written by Gerard Soeteman, with whom Verhoeven made several films in the past. Actor Dan Stevens is cast for the role of Erast Fandorin and Milla Jovovich for the role of Amalia Bezhetskaya.
The shooting was first planned for the summer of 2007, but Jovovich became pregnant. On May 22, 2007 a spokesperson of Paul Verhoeven announced that the shooting was postponed and would start in 2010. Pursuant to the merger of GFM and Seven Arts, plans were announced to beginning shooting The Winter Queen in August 2011. Filming locations are London, Saint Petersburg, and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.
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