Baz Luhrmann
December 11, 2019
On February 16, 2017, we published the news that the screen adaptation rights for The Master and Margarita have been granted to Svetlana Migunova-Dali and Grace Loh.
For almost three years we haven't had any news on this project, but on December 11, 2019, the Deadline Hollywood news site reported that Migunova-Dali and Loh have signed a partnership agreement with renowned director Baz Luhrmann to make it happen.
Luhrmann is known for his films Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby, both with Leonardo DiCaprio, and for Australia and Moulin Rouge!, both with Nicole Kidman. He was also previously mentioned as a possible director for The Master and Margarita when producer Scott Steindorff acquired the film rights for the novel in 2010.
When we announced the news about Baz Luhrmann as a director on our Facebook page, the link was massively shared, although the reactions were very different. They ranged from «Fantastic» to «Oh my god. I am afraid». The skeptics fear that Luhrmann is too obstinate to respect the spirit of author Mikhail Bulgakov's work. We'll keep you posted.
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- Introduction
- 201031 A new book about the novel
- 200824 Illustrations Alexander Semushin
- 200822 Illustrations panalevich
- 200724 Animation Galina Sokolova
- 200714 ABC Radio National
- 200608 Ksenia Voloshkina
- 200604 Gabi Bania
- 200510 Would-be Margaritas
- 200223 Katy Kononova and MC TJ
- 200222 Illustrations Vyacheslav Zhelvakov
- 200220 Music by Trails Don't Lie
- 200210 The screen adaptations
- 200202 Illustrations Jan Vanhellemont
- 200124 Our book in Dutch
- 200122 Illustrations by Julia Galkina
- 200116 Illustrations by Andrey Nikolaev
- 200101 Book about the novel
Films and TV-series
Along with much information on the novel, you will also find on this website different film adaptations of The Master and Margarita, subtitled in English by your webmaster.
