Oblivion actress Olga Kurylenko, Maria Furtwangler and Charles Dance are attached to star in
spy-thriller Despite the Falling Snow.
Kurylenko is set to play an enigmatic female spy who falls in
love with an idealistic politician. The action will move between 1950s
and present day Moscow and London.
Writer-director
Shamim Sarif has adapted the screenplay from his novel of the same
name. Hanan Kattan is producing under the Enlightenment Productions
banner with shooting slated to start mid October this year. The
production is raising money through a UK EIS scheme.
Fantasy drama Game of Thrones has scooped the Radio Times Audience Award at this year’s Bafta Television Awards, the only award decided by the public.
In
a closely fought battle that saw tens of thousands of viewers voting
for their favourite show of the year, series two of the HBO drama –
which airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic – beat off competition from period
drama Call the Midwife, The Great British Bakeoff, US conspiracy
thriller Homeland, Strictly Come Dancing and coverage of the Olympic
Opening Ceremony.
Dance and Christie joined producer Frank Vogler on stage to accept the
award. Asked afterwards what was the key to the show's success, Vogler
said it was impossible to identify a single element and that it was very
much a team effort.