www.variety.com — Tolstoy biopic costars McAvoy, Giamatti Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren are toplining Michael Hoffman's Leo Tolstoy biopic "The Last Station," which starts shooting April 7 in Germany. They replace previously announced thesps Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep in the roles of Tolstoy and his wife, Sofia. Other key cast include James McAvoy and Paul Giamatti. Warner Bros. has picked up ...
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Plummer, Mirren to Play the Tolstoys in "Station"
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We'd heard that Helen Mirren was set to play Sofia Andreevna Tolstoy in a film called "The Last Station," but now Variety is reporting that esteemed Canadian actor Christopher Plummer will play her husband Leo, author of such classic novels as "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy, and the latter's wife Anne-Marie Duff co-star. The film is based on a 1990 novel by Jay Parini that explores the final year of Tolstoy's life. Giamatti plays Tolstoy's trusted follower Chertkov, a supporter of the writer's nonviolent socialist Christian movement who becomes ...
Helen Mirren to Explore the Tolstoy Family's Nudist History
Vulture —
... Get Their Tolstoy On: Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer will star in the Leo Tolstoy biopic, The Last Station. In a Hollywood switcheroo, they're replacing previously announced Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep in the roles of Tolstoy and his wife. We'll get excited when director Michael Hoffman gets replaced by Michael Bay and Tolstoy gets replaced by a bunch of explosions. [Variety] ...
Brad Pitt Unphased By Ex's 'Echo' [Trade Roundup]
Gawker: Defamer —
... · Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer replace Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins in Tolstoy biopic The Last Station, putting the production down two Oscars but up two Golden Globes (wink!). [Variety] ...
Brad Pitt Unfazed By Ex's 'Echo' [Trade Roundup]
Gawker: Defamer —
... · Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer replace Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins in Tolstoy biopic The Last Station, putting the production down two Oscars but up two Golden Globes (wink!). [Variety] ...
Leo Tolstoy Biopic Shaping Up Nicely
BuzzSugar —
Director Michael Hoffman's (A Midsummer Night's Dream, One Fine Day, Soapdish) Leo Tolstoy biopic The Last Station, begins shooting April 7 in Germany with several more high-quality players on board. Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer join Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy and McAvoy's wife Anne-Marie Duff in the film, which is based on Jay Parini's 1990 novel. Mirren and Plummer are replacing Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins in these roles.
According to Variety, the movie follows "the turbulent final year in the life of the Russian writer and philosopher and his troubled marriage." ...
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