entertainment news: a t.A.T.u. movie!
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From Russia With Love by Dibs!
Russia=92s most successful recording act ever, t.A.T.u., comprises two =
young Muscovites, Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova, who were selected at =
ages 15 and 14, respectively, after massive auditions in 1999 by a =
producer who thought he could become rich by creating and marketing a =
teen-girl duo. He was correct. The pair=92s astounding success was =
fueled by award-winning dance-beat singles (the one best-known to =
English-speakers might be =93All the Things She Said=94) and CDs and =
videos that shocked the Russian public by showing Katina and Volkova =
kissing.
Now Mischa Barton, best-known from TV=92s The O.C., will star in a =
film, Finding t.A.T.u, based on a novel authored by State Duma Deputy =
Alexei Mitrofanov of the Liberal Democratic Party, according to the =
Moscow Times.
In the film, Barton =93will play a Russian girl called Lana, from the =
provincial city of Yaroslavl, who befriends a lonely American girl =
living in Moscow, played by Danielle Panabaker. The two girls bond =
over their shared love=94 for the duo =97 then fall in love with each other.
Mitrofanov=92s novel, t.A.T.u Come Back, published in 2006, was =
=93written in the form of short text messages.=94 Producer Leonid =
Minkovski told the Moscow Times that, when he first heard about the =
book, =93I got excited because I really like t.A.T.u.=92s music.=94 Then he= =
read it: =93Minkovski was convinced. =91I felt there was depth and a =
feeling of new Russia in this, so we decided to say yes.=92 The film=92s =
screenplay … has a different ending from his book, which includes =
the murder of one of the girls=92 mothers, and also changes one of his =
Russian heroines into an American. The book aimed to show the lives =
of teenagers born at the end of or after the fall of the Soviet =
regime….
=93The book=92s plot hinges around t.A.T.u. because =91all their songs are =
about freedom,=92 Mitrofanov said. =91People talk about t.A.T.u. being so =
depraved, but that is a form of natural self-defense from those who =
want everyone to toe the line.=92=94