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Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has signed on to direct "Kursk", a film about the Russian nuclear sub disaster which left 23 sailors trapped at the bottom of the Barents Sea. The script is based on Robert Moore's book on the incident, "A Time to Die". Casting is set to begin soon and production is slated for the fall.

Update: Matthias Schoenaerts will star in "Kursk", reuniting Schoenaerts and director Thomas Vinterberg. Schoenaerts was in Vinterberg's "Far From the Madding Crowd". Other recent films from Schoenaerts include "The Drop" and "The Danish Girl". The screenwriter from "Saving Private Ryan", Robert Rodat, has signed on to write "Kursk". The Drop Film Review

Update: Colin Firth is in talks to join the cast of "Kursk", it is being reported today. Firth has a new film being released on June 10th, "Genius", in which he plays literary editor Maxwell Perkins. Jude Law co-stars as writer Thomas Wolfe and Nicole Kidman plays Aline Bernstein. The trailer is online.

Update: "Kursk" will have its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 6th - 16th. The film stars Lea Seydoux, Colin Firth and Max von Sydow, as well as Matthias Schoenaerts. "Kursk" will be released in France in November but a US release day has not been announced.

The trailers for the European release of "Kursk" are online. The English-language film is headed to France first so the clips are accompanied by French subtitles. I can't believe no one is going to distribute this film in the US. Kursk Trailers and Clip