Anti-Kremlin ‘Mutiny’ Series from Cinevilla Studios Picked Up by Canoe Film: ‘It’s a Call to Action’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Annika Pham London-based sales outfit Canoe Film is making its debut in series global distribution with “Mutiny,” a Latvian war drama and call to action against the Russian totalitarian regime, set to officially launch at Mipcom in Cannes.

The brain behind the seven-part series “Mutiny” is Andrejs Ēķis, the Latvian mogul and founder of the major prodco and filming facility Cinevilla Studios which housed Beta Film’s “Sisi” and the Shudder original genre pic “Raven’s Hollow.” Ēķis serves as director-producer of the intense drama, penned by Latvia’s Ivo Briedis, together with Ukrainian duo Vitaly Dokalenko and Anastasiia Dudchenko.

As explained by Ēkis, the story of Captain Valery Spagin and his attempted mutiny aboard a Soviet warship, is based on true events that unfolded in 1975. “He [Spagin] successfully convinced a crew of over 200 people to revolt against the Soviet regime and set sail for Leningrad to demand a new revolution,” Ēkis explained. “This story is not only about a historical event, but also about how individuals within the military can recognize that the real fight is not against an external enemy, but against a system that needs to be changed from within.” ““Mutiny” is the mad true story of idealism and a call to action, perhaps more relevant today than ever before,” said Ēkis who compared his main character Spagin (played by Dainis Grūbe) to a “Don Quixote of 1975, a man who stood up against the vast [Soviet] system, fully aware of how dangerous that was.” Detailing the making of the series, the showrunner said the biggest challenge on the production side was to recreate the Soviet military of 1975, “a massive machine with huge ships and thousands of people.