‘The Tiger’: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi To Direct Alexander Skarsgard & Dane DeHaan In Feature Take Of John Vaillant Book – Cannes
14.05.2022 - 00:43
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Ukrainian filmmaker Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi wrote and will direct the feature adaptation of John Valliant’s book The Tiger, in which Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-winner Alexander Skarsgard will star alongside Oppenheimer actor Dane DeHaan.
Set in snowy far east Russia in the late 90s, the feature follows a group of men — referred to as the Tiger Team — who work to protect endangered tigers from poachers and logging operations. The story follows Vanzin (Skarsgard), the Team’s leader whose sense of duty is tested when he’s charged with hunting down and exterminating a tiger that killed a poacher in self-defense. DeHaan would portray Kanchuga, a young environmental scientist and newest member of the Team.
Darren Aronofsky and Protozoa are producing, along with Plan B and Wild Bunch International. The Veterans will launch sales on the project at the Cannes Film Festival. CAA Media Finance is co-representing domestic rights.
Slaboshpytskyi previously directed The Tribe in 2014, which was set in a school for the deaf and was done entirely in Ukrainian sign language, with no subtitles.
Skarsgard currently stars in Robert Eggers’ critically acclaimed movie The Northman.
DeHaan can currently be seen in Antonio Campos’ HBO Max drama, The Staircase, opposite Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Juliette Binoche and Sophie Turner. He also starred in Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story directed by Pablo Larraín for Apple TV+ and can also be seen in Amazon Studio’s international cocaine drama Zero Zero Zero, from director Stefano Sollima.
“I am so excited to make this film, and am overwhelmed with admiration towards the team that has rallied behind it. I’ve worked on the story of The Tiger for a very long time, and the chance to see it realized is a