A Sequel To Mikhalkov's Burnt By The Sun?

Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov has been all but unheard from since winning a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1995 for Burnt By The Sun but the man is poised to make a return to the public eye here with a sequel to his best known work. Well, maybe.

Why maybe? Well ... the film was shot in 2005 and has been in post production hell ever since. It's currently listed for a 2007 release in France by Canal+ but when something's been stalled out for this long, I'll believe that when I see it. Plus, as anybody who's seen the first film will attest, it's kind of hard to make a sequel to a film after killing off virtually your entire cast of characters in the first which means this will either be a sequel in name only or will involve a healthy amount of historical revision to the events of the first and all signs point to the latter. Which is going to make for some angry fans.

You can find details, production stills, and a behind the scenes video here.

Thanks to Mary for the pointer.