The Wachowski Brothers and Joel Silver, the creators and producer
of the Matrix trilogy, have launched production on the action thriller
V For Vendetta, starring Natalie Portman, James Purefoy and
Stephen Re in Berlin, Germany. Produced by Joel Silver, Andy Wachowski
and Larry Wachowski, V For Vendetta is directed by James McTeigue,
who served as the First Assistant Director on the Matrix trilogy.
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain,
V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman
named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death
situation by a masked vigilante (James Purefoy) known only as "V." V ignites a
revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the
government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up
against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's
mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself -- and
emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plot to bring
freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.
The screenplay by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski is based on
graphic novel V For Vendetta (by Alan Moore and illustrator David
Lloyd) which was originally published by DC Comics as a ten-part series
in 1988.
