Limonov (from the director of Ida and Cold War)

[Cremildo]

Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski (“Ida”) is set to direct “Limonov,” an ambitious adaptation of French author Emmanuele Carrere’s novelized biography of radical Russian poet and political dissident Eduard Limonov.

The Polish-born Pawlikowski has completed the screenplay for the biopic, which recounts “The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia,” as the extended title of the book’s English translation reads. The film is set for a 2018 shoot.

Limonov was a Soviet underground idol under Leonid Brezhnev; a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan; a writer in Paris; and more recently the charismic leader of Russia’s National Bolshevik Party.

The biopic will be in the languages of the places where it’s set, which are Russia, New York, and Paris. [SOURCE]

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EDIT I: Pawlikowski is no longer directing this project.

EDIT II (9/22): Kirill Serebrennikov is directing this now.