Olivier Assayas is back on the Croisette of the Cannes Film Festival, albeit at the Cannes Market.  And the French auteur’s next project is easily one of the buzziest packages at the festival so far.  Variety reports Assayas’ next film will be “The Wizard Of The Kremlin,” which sees the director reunite with “Irma Vep” star Alicia Vikander for a political thriller in the vein of “Carlos” and “The Wasp Network.”

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Based on Giuliano da Empoli‘s 2022 book of the same name, “The Wizard Of The Kremlin” centers on the life and rise to power of Vladimir Putin’s infamous advisor and spin doctor Vadim Baranov.

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