Metro 2033


No official plot yet, but the original story is set in 2033, after a nuclear holocaust devastates Moscow and survivors head under ground. The focus is on a young survivor who is forced to go on a journey that will see him deal with mutants, soldiers of a Fourth Reich and political factions of various metro stations in order to reach above ground.

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CURRENT STATUS: 
Pre-Production
RELEASE DATE: 
January 1, 2022 (Russia)

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After the film rights reverted back last year it looks like author Dmitry Glukhovsky finally found the right producers in Russia to move forward with a feature film, which reportedly begins filming next year and already has a Russian release date for January 1st 2022. Glukhovsky had this to say about the news: "Metro 2033 is my first novel. It played a very special role in my life, and, despite getting numerous offers to [adapt it for the screen], I turned them all down for over 10 years. In Russia, I didn’t see any producers who could make a good [screen adaptation of] this book. It just seemed impossible. But now I finally met a team that I can entrust ‘Metro’ with. Our ambitions turned out to be similar: to create a world-class blockbuster and stun even those who have read the trilogy and know it by heart. So as not to disappoint them, I am ready to become a creative producer of the movie and help create it with both my advice and action." One of the producer's added... "The book by this Russian author has become known throughout the world, and it is embedded in the cultural code of sci-fi fans and gamers all over the planet. For us and Gazprom Media Holding, this is a dream project, the most ambitious and large-scale film that we have ever launched. We intend to invest an unprecedented sum … in the production and promotion of this movie both in Russia and abroad." (8/23/19)
 
According to a recent interview with Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky this film version is no longer in development and the film rights have reverted back to the author after the studio failed to move forward with the movie. Apparently the biggest issue with the project was getting a proper script, which proved troublesome since the studio wanted to set it in Washington D.C.. Here's what the author had to say: “A lot of things didn’t work out in Washington D.C.. In Washington D.C., Nazis don’t work, Communists don’t work at all, and the Dark Ones don’t work. Washington D.C. is a black city, basically. That’s not at all the allusion I want to have, it’s a metaphor of general xenophobia but it’s not a comment on African-Americans at all. So it didn’t work.” Adding... “They had to replace the Dark Ones with some kind of random beasts, and as long as the beasts don’t look human the entire story of xenophobia doesn’t work, which was very important to me as a convinced internationalist. They turned it into a very generic thing.” The author is reportedly speaking with a new set of producers about possibly doing a film, but for now this is no longer in development. (12/12/18)
 

When this project was still in the hands of US producers it was once said that they were aiming for this to turn into franchise material "in the vein of Mad Max and The Hunger Games."

This project was originally announced in 2012 with Gran Via Productions producing.

Based on the Russian novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, which was turned into a video game in 2010, which spawned two sequels.

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