Based on Amor Towles’ Best-Selling Novel, the Lionsgate-produced series, A Gentleman In Moscow, will Debut on March 29 in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia
Paramount+ today released first-look images from its upcoming limited series A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW. And announced that the U.K. original series will premiere on March 29 exclusively on Paramount+ in Canada, the U.K., and Australia. And in the U.S. on the Paramount+ with Showtime plan. With additional Paramount+ international territories to follow at a later date.
BASED ON THE NOVEL
An adaptation of Amor Towles’ internationally best-selling novel, A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW follows Count Alexander Rostov, played by Emmy Award-winning actor Ewan McGregor (Star Wars franchise, Halston, Trainspotting). Who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past places him on the wrong side of history. Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol. Threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again.
As the years pass. And some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. As he builds a new life within the walls of the hotel, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.
ALSO STARRING
Alongside McGregor, the series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Ahsoka, Kate, Birds of Prey) as glamorous, self-made film actress Anna Urbanova. Alexa Goodall (The Devil’s Hour, Lockwood and Co) as the Count’s unlikely young friend Nina. Johnny Harris (Without Sin, This is England ’86) as conflicted secret police officer Osip. And Fehinti Balogun (Dune, I May Destroy You) as Mishka, the Count’s best friend from university. Additional cast includes Leah Harvey (Foundation), and Paul Ready (Motherland, The Terror). John Heffernan (Becoming Elizabeth, The Pursuit of Love), Lyès Salem (Coupez, Abou Leila), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Lamb, The Witcher). Dee Ahluwalia (Consent, Sex Education) and Anastasia Hille (I Hate Suzie Too).
BEHIND THE SCENES
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW is produced by Lionsgate Television. In association with Paramount. Ben Vanstone serves as Showrunner on the series. Which is the first production to come through Lionsgate’s first look deal with Tom Harper’s company Popcorn Storm Pictures. Harper (War and Peace, Peaky Blinders) will also executive produce alongside Vanstone. McGregor, Sharon Hughff, (Three Pines), Pancho Mansfield (Queen of the South). Moonriver TV’s Xavier Marchand (Nautilus, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) and the novel’s writer, New York Times best-selling author Amor Towles. BAFTA® award-winning director, and Emmy nominee Sam Miller (Surface, I May Destroy You, Luther) serves as director to select episodes and executive producer. Sarah O’Gorman (The Witcher, The Last Kingdom) also serves as director.
A Gentleman In Moscow will premiere on March 29th.
Source: Paramount+ UK & Ireland
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