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"Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp has hired Danish director Thomas Vinterberg to direct its “Kursk” movie based on the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster, in which 118 Russians perished.
EuropaCorp had hired Danish director Martin Zandvliet in August to direct “Kursk” from a script by “Saving Private Ryan” screenwriter Robert Rodat, based on Robert Moore’s book “A Time to Die.” Zandvliet is no longer attached.
The Kursk sunk during a Russian naval exercise in the Barents Sea after explosions within the submarine. The Russian government refused help from foreign governments for five days before agreeing to aid from the British and Norwegian governments.
The Russian Navy initially asserted that the sinking had been caused by a collision with another vessel but the government eventually admitted that the cause was a torpedo explosion in the submarine.
Vinterberg’s credits include 1998’s “The Celebration,” “The Hunt” and 2015’s adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s “Far From the Madding Crowd,” starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Carey Mulligan."
From the article in Variety: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ku...rp-1201685770/
EuropaCorp had hired Danish director Martin Zandvliet in August to direct “Kursk” from a script by “Saving Private Ryan” screenwriter Robert Rodat, based on Robert Moore’s book “A Time to Die.” Zandvliet is no longer attached.
The Kursk sunk during a Russian naval exercise in the Barents Sea after explosions within the submarine. The Russian government refused help from foreign governments for five days before agreeing to aid from the British and Norwegian governments.
The Russian Navy initially asserted that the sinking had been caused by a collision with another vessel but the government eventually admitted that the cause was a torpedo explosion in the submarine.
Vinterberg’s credits include 1998’s “The Celebration,” “The Hunt” and 2015’s adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s “Far From the Madding Crowd,” starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Carey Mulligan."
From the article in Variety: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ku...rp-1201685770/