MOSCOW -- Roland Joffe's upcoming psychological thriller Captivity may be entirely set in New York, but the $12 million movie is currently shooting at studios in Moscow. But the film's delocalization does not necessarily mean that Russia is set to become a new haven for runaway production. Rather, it is the first example of a locally financed Hollywood co-production, signaling a new era in Russian-U.S. movie industry collaboration. Captivity stars Elisha Cuthbert as a fashion model taken prisoner by a serial killer and incarcerated in a dank cellar along with a chauffeur played by Daniel Gillies. The movie -- filming on a soundstage at Moscow's Mosfilm studios -- is co-produced by Russia's Russian American Movie Company (RAMCO) and veteran Hollywood independent producer Mark Damon, and is funded by a group of private investors headed by Valery Chumak, a Siberian industrialist and film fan. The film is slated for release late next year, with U.S. distribution still open. The film -- typical Hollywood fare, albeit with the intellectual gravitas afforded by a director of Joffe's caliber -- is one of a slate of mid-budget movies Damon, RAMCO president Leonid Minkovski and director Sergey Konov plan to make in Moscow.
- 8/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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