The new film will concentrate on the last years of the life of Leo Tolstoy (Hopkins). The biography will show the man of enormous wealth, living a life of hedonism, all the while being torn between his wife and his best friend, as well as his thirteen children.
The project will be directed by Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, One Fine Day, The Emporer’s Club), and will begin filming in February in Russia.