Bad Luck (2011)
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Bringing Up Bobby (2011)
Faces in the Crowd (2011)
Dirty Girl (2011)
Vykrutasy (2010)
Stone (2010)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Blood Into Wine (2010)
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
The Fourth Kind (2009)
As some of you will know, as far back as in 2007, Milla Jovovich was set to portray Amalia Bezhetskaya in The Winter Queen (aka. Azazel), the 19th century Russian crime drama based on the novel by Boris Akunin. Since its announcement, the production of the film has suffered multiple delays, however, and in mid-2009 it seemed unlikely that either Milla or then-slated director Paul Verhoeven were moving ahead with the project.
Today, however, Screen Daily reports The Winter Queen is back in the works with a new director, Fyodor Bondarchuk, and with Star Trek-actor Anton Yelchin signed on. The article further implies that Milla Jovovich is still set to star in the film, while at the same time making no mention of the film’s other previously signed actor, Dan Stevens. From Screen Daily:
Anton Yelchin, riding high on the global success of Star Trek, has been cast opposite Milla Jovovich in Seven Arts Pictures’ period thriller The Winter Queen.
Seven Arts COO Kate Hoffman said financing was in place on the long-gestating project and filming was set to commence this summer in St Petersburg, Russia and Budapest, Hungary. It will be directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, whose credits include Russian blockbuster Inhabited Island, and will tell the story of a Moscow investigator who uncovers an international conspiracy.
Thomas Hedman and Alan Marshall are producing the film, which was initially set up several years ago for Paul Verhoeven to direct.
Personally, if true, I am super-excited for this news! The Winter Queen has long been perhaps my most anticipated of Milla’s upcoming projects, and I sincerely hope they are at last able to move ahead with production. Hopefully, this news will be confirmed soon by an official source. We’ll keep you posted!