Kenneth Branagh to Produce & Star in A Gentleman in Moscow

Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express, Dunkirk, My Week with Marilyn) is set to star in and produce the TV adaptation of the novel A Gentleman in Moscow from Entertainment One (eOne).

A Gentleman in Moscow, from New York Times best-selling author Amor Towles, is about an unconquerable man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel. Director Tom Harper (War & Peace, Peaky Blinders) will be bringing the story to the small screen. Harper will also produce the series alongside Xavier Marchand of Moonriver Content. eOne will serve as the studio for the series and controls worldwide rights.

“Ken is a world-class talent celebrated for portraying captivating and layered characters, and Tom is a master at crafting gripping and thought-provoking television,” said Mark Gordon, eOne’s president and chief content officer for film, television and digital. “We are delighted to collaborate with them on A Gentleman in Moscow, which exemplifies the kind of premium content led by acclaimed talent that we are dedicated to creating at eOne.”

“A Gentleman in Moscow is a life-affirming book full of humor and charm that brings together the profound, the political and the personal,” said Harper. “I am thrilled to be working with Ken, whose masterful talent will allow us to bring this extraordinary story to life.”