Rodnyansky company participates in the Wachowski brothers and Tykwer

He declined to disclose details of the involvement of A Company in the project, explaining that this is only a guide to tell right most of the company in Berlin. According to The Hollywood Reporter, A Company will own the rights to rent leaving in October 2012 painting in Russia and Eastern Europe. "Cloud Atlas" – a screen science fiction novel by John Mitchell (John Mitchell), who became a literary sensation in 2004. Narrative it is the name of six characters – Notary middle of XIX century, returning to the States from Australia, a young composer, who was forced to trade in body and soul in Europe between the wars, a journalist in California 1970, lives in our time, the publisher, who made ​​his fortune in gangster autobiography and running from creditors, a waitress-clone of Korean fast food and Hawaiian goatherd in the twilight of civilization. In Russia, this book was translated in 2009. "Many believed that it is impossible to film, but Tom came up with the Wachowski way to tell these stories remarkable, and extremely linear cinematic way" – quoted by The Hollywood Reporter Stefan Arndt words (Stefan Arndt), studio head of Tykwer X Filme, which will be the main producer of the project. The film will be played by Tom Hanks (Tom Hanks), Halle Berry (Halle Berry), Susan Sarandon (Susan Sarandon), Hugo Weaving (Hugo Weaving), Jim Broadbent (Jim Broadbent) and British actor Ben Wishaw (Ben Wishaw), which Tykwer took a leading role in its "Perfume» (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, 2006). All of them will play several characters involved in the development of different subjects. Tykwer and the Wachowski will conduct surveys in parallel, with two film crews. The share will fall by German director of the historical, whereas specialists futuristic worlds Wachowski will take on those episodes where it happens in the future. Originally planned large-scale project at 100-120 million dollars with the participation of several major studios, in particular, the American distributor was going to deal with Warner Bros, and bought the rights to the name of Focus Films. As a result, the budget had to be cut: According to Arndt, it was "significantly below", and on 80% shooting will take place in Berlin and its surroundings, as well as in the halls of Studio Babelsberg, which work much cheaper than in Hollywood. Part of the funding provided by German banks and the regional Berlin Film. For Rodnyansky "Cloud Atlas" – is not the first associated with Hollywood project in August, finished shooting produced by them "Cars Jayne Mansfield» (Jayne Mansfield's Car), by Billy Bob Thornton (Billy Bob Thornton) does on his own script and own participation. Besides him, the film is engaged Oscar Robert Duvall (Robert Duvall, «The Godfather" "Apocalypse Now," "Tender Mercy"), John Hurt (John Hurt, «The Elephant Man," "Alien," "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"), Kevin Bacon (Kevin Bacon, «Mystic River," "X-Men : First Class "), Robert Patrick (Robert Patrick, the robot from the second" Terminator ", the agent Doggett in" X-Files "), Frances Oconnor (Francis OConnor), known in the film Spielberg's" Artificial Intelligence ", and Ray Stevenson (Ray Stevenson ), which played a major role in the TV series "Rome." The project budget was $ 12 million. Producer explains that A Company, the acquisition of which AR Films announced in April, he needed above all for the sake of distribution – now it's already working in 22 countries.