A scripted Pussy Riot TV series is in development

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Pussy Riot is being developed. Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova has reportedly reached a deal with STX Entertainment to develop the “limited scripted series”, which will be based on her upcoming memoir.Per a Deadline Hollywood report, Tolokonnikova shared via a press release her intentions behind producing the show, expressing her ambition to “inspire a new generation of rebels”. “I was a broke 20-year-old artist studying philosophy, he was one of the most powerful, wealthy and dangerous men on Earth,” she stated. “In 2011 I went against him, damn the consequences.

After years of imprisonment, harassment, attacks, trauma I am ready to share this story.”“Today I’m on Russia’s most wanted list, labeled as a foreign agent, and recently was arrested in absentia by Russian court,” she continued. “My relatives and friends had been poisoned, my government wants me dead, but I don’t regret anything.

If Pussy Riot’s story can inspire a new generation of rebels, it was all not in vain.”The press release also stated that the upcoming limited series will “explore the story of how a young girl from Siberia took on the world’s most powerful dictator – the origins and formation of the art collective; the actions of Nadya and fellow young women against Putin in Moscow; their arrest after the famous ‘Punk Prayer’ action; their trial, conviction, and jail sentence; and the protests they conducted at the Sochi Olympics after their release.”Executive producer Sophie Watts conveyed her excitement about the project, stating: “Nadya’s life is nothing short of extraordinary.

A gripping, real-life spy life, filled with heroic, relentless art actions and activism, this series will show how a persevering artistic spirit can change the.