A star-studded lineup of promising actors and great material… how could this go wrong? But remember, as "Child 44" taught us, anything is possible. So while this sounds awesome, we’ve got our guard up…
Variety reports that Jason Clarke, Jack O’Connell, Mia Wasikowska, Rosamund Pike and Jack Reynor will star in "HHHH," a title which will surely give some marketing team an interesting headache to overcome. Based on the novel by Laurent Binet and adapted by director Cedric Jimenez ("The Connection" starring Jean Dujardin) along with David Farr and Audrey Diwan, the film will tell the story of Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, who was the mastermind of the "Final Solution" and was assassinated by two resistance paratroopers. Here’s the book synopsis:
Production will begin in August —here’s hoping this one lives up to the potential on the page.
Glossy WWII. Hollywood has never understood WWII. WWII needs the greedy look, which the EU filmmakers master.
I guarantee you the title will be changed at some point due to marketing purposes. Anyway, Mia W and Jason Clarke? Sign me up.
The acronym is based on German.
The book is seriously awesome, I could see this having a lot of potential if they stick to the material in an honest way. Interested to see of they change the title or not. Since its an acronym based on the French it seems like they could, but at the same time they probably want to market to fans of the book
The acronym is based on German.
The acronym is based on German.