Overview
- Announced at the Red Sea International Film Festival, the film is produced by IN.2 with Svetlana Dali and Grace Loh in collaboration with Tribune Pictures.
- Variety and The Hollywood Reporter say Depp will also star, but Deadline reports he is not currently attached to act.
- No director or additional casting has been named, and production is targeted for late 2026.
- Trade coverage suggests potential Red Sea Fund involvement based on prior collaborations, though no financing has been confirmed.
- Dali and Loh are in a legal dispute with Luminosity Pictures over rights linked to a recent Russian-language adaptation, highlighting rights complexity around the novel.