Following the Generation P, another novel by Pelevin will be filmed - Empire V "

Victor Ginzburg, who shot the film "Generation P" based on Viktor Pelevin’s novel, intends to take on the next Pelevin text - the 2006 novel "Empire V" - and already bought rights to it.

The book "Empire V" has a subtitle "Tale of a real superman" - this is a story about how the 19 -year -old loader Roman Storkin becomes a vampire and gets the title of the second frame.

"The picture will extend the scope of the films genre about vampires - just as Pelevin extended his framework in his book. This is an amazing discussion of the state of modern society and his obsession with blood, beauty and money. It is based on the story of the growing up of a young vampire and a love drama that occurs in Moscow these days," the Variety of the Ginzburg's film Iswriting, which represents, which represents. "Generation P" on the Cannes Film market.

According to RIA Novosti , earlier his film adaptation of Pelevin gained sufficient success at the box office, having earned more than $ 4 million in Russia, and taking into account Ukraine, the figure is selected by 5 million. However, this amount did not cover production costs, which amounted to $ 7 million. But the creators of the film received an approving response from Pelevin himself, who sent an email that reported: “I like the film. Now Russian directors are trying to make American cinema, but this is rarely released. And“ Generation P ”is the opposite case. The American wanted to shoot Russian cinema and he did it.”

In Generation P, the director extremely punctually followed the text of the novel. In "Empire V", according to Variety, he is going to engage in free improvisation. In particular, on the screen in a five -minute episode will appear Vavilen Tatar from the previous film.

According to Ginzburg, work on a new project will begin in the spring of 2012, and negotiations on financing are underway with a large Western investment fund and with Russian television channels.

Earlier there was information that another adaptation of Pelevin would begin to be shot this summer in Germany: American Tony Pemberton decided to make a film called “Buddha's Police” from Chapaev and Void. The German-Russian-Canadian production is planned to be put in an extremely modest amount-$ 4 million. The role of the protagonist, Peter Vodud, will be played by the British actor Rupert Frend, who, in particular, starred in the role of Wicham in the film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" by Joe Wright (2005). In the course of the plot, I will enter the Lubyansky casemates and decide that he lives in 1919 and is a revolutionary poet. The film takes place during the August coup of 1991.