FIRST LOOK: 'CHILD 44' STARRING TOM HARDY, GARY OLDMAN, AND NOOMI RAPACE

I AM ROGUE
Friday, 13 December 2013 11:26
Written by  Jordan DeSaulnier

In Child 44, Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman have left behind Gotham City in favor of Stalinist Russia.

Summit Entertainment has released the first two stills from the film, showing off Hardy, Oldman, and Noomi Rapace in the dramatic thriller.

The film has an intriguing story and a solid pedigree.  It's based on the novel, the first in a trilogy, by Tom Rob Smith, with Clockers novelist and The Wire writer Richard Price handling the screenplay adaptation.

Child 44 follows Hardy as Leo Stepanovich Demidov, a war hero, rising star in State Security Force, and true believer in the state despite its hypocrisy and brutality in the final days of Stalin's rule.  In 1953, though, Leo begins tracking a serial killer who targets children, and his investigation puts him at odds with his superiors, whose official position is to simply deny that the killer exists.  Leo edges ever-closer to becoming an enemy of the state himself, his increasing determination to find the killer leading him to reclaim his humanity from an oppressive machine.

Noomi Rapace of Prometheus and the Swedish The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo plays Raisa, Leo's wife and ally in his search for the killer.  These two stills, courtesy of Rope of Silicon, provide our first official looks at Rapace, Hardy, and Oldman in some sharp Soviet duds.

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Tom Hardy is back in uniform as he stomps around Child 44 set in big black boots and Soviet Union garb

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 23:54 EST, 18 August 2013 | UPDATED: 23:54 EST, 18 August 2013

Taking direction: Tom received some instructions from director Daniel Espinosa on the set

His made his first forays into acting playing soldiers in Band Of Brothers and Black Hawk Down.

And as Tom Hardy stepped back into uniform on Sunday it seemed he was happy to get back to his roots.

The 35-year-old actor stomped around the Prague, Czech Republic set of his new movie Child 44 in knee-high black boots and an old Soviet Union military uniform.

The Dark Knight Rises star had his blue trousers tucked into the boots and wore a dark green jacket with a lone medal on his chest and a blue hat with a red brim and short black visor.

He was convicted of and executed for 52 murders in the Soviet Union that took place between 1978 and 1990.

The book explored the education system, orphanages and homosexuality in the USSR, among other themes.

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Tom Hardy & Noomi Rapace: 'Child 44' Set with Joel Kinnaman!

JUST JARED

July 30, 2013

Tom Hardy dons a military uniform while filming scenes for his upcoming thriller flick Child 44 with his co-star Noomi Rapace on Sunday (July 28) in Prague, Czech Republic.

The 35-year-old English actor and the 33-year-old Swedish actress were joined on set by their co-star Joel Kinnaman.

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What Has Hottie Tom Hardy Been Up To?

Posted on 7/27/2013 2:00:00 PM 

by Nathaniel Grey

FRONTIERS LA.COM

The Dark Knight Rises' Tom Hardy has joined the U.S.S.R.-set spy drama Child 44, based on the first book in author Tom Rob Smith's trilogy.  

Easy Money director Daniel Espinosa leads this tale about a security officer trying to investigate a series of child murders in a society that denies such crimes exist in their country. Despite being demoted and eventually exiled, with the support of his wife he can't let go of his quest for justice. Joining Hardy are The Killing's Joel Kinnaman, Prometheus' Noomi Rapace, Harry Potter's Gary Oldman and The Master's Philip Seymour Hoffman. 

Hardy has completed filming a couple different projects that are in post-production. Among them are James Gandolfini's final film, the crime drama Animal Rescue, which brings together a few story elements including a murder, lost pit bull and a scam artist. 

Based on a short story by Shutter Island author Dennis Lehanne, the film costars Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows' Noomi Rapace, Orange is the New Black cast member Elizabeth Rodriguez and Animal Kingdom's James Frecheville. 

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Philip Seymour Hoffman with Tom Hardy in 'Child 44' (THE NEW AGE)

Deadline.com has revealed that American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman will feature along Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace in "Child 44," a political thriller set in the former Soviet Union.

Swedish director Daniel Espinosa ("Safe House") will helm this project based on the novel of the same name by Tom Rob Smith.

Philip Seymour Hoffman will take a supporting role along with Gary Oldman ("Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy") and Joel Kinnaman ("Easy Money").

Tom Hardy will play a Russian secret police officer who believes in the Communist ideal. His beliefs are tested when he investigates a series of children's murders that have been covered up by his superiors. Noomi Rapace will play his wife, a woman with many secrets.

Ridley Scott will co-produce this Summit Entertainment project.

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Gary Oldman Joining Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace in 'Child 44' (Exclusive) 5:04 PM PDT 3/21/2013 by Borys Kit (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

Gary Oldman is signing on to join Tom Hardy in Child 44, a 1950s Soviet-era thriller being produced by Ridley Scott and Michael Schaefer via the Scott Free banner. Lionsgate is distributing.

Daniel Espinosa is directing the thriller, which follows a member of the Soviet military police (Hardy) who, while investigating a series of child murders, finds himself the target of his own government’s suspicions.

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Tom Hardy To Star In Steven Knight's Shot-In-Real-Time Thriller 'Locke,' Produced By 'Anna Karenina' Director Joe Wright NEWS BY OLIVER LYTTELTON (THE PLAYLIST)

It feels like it's been quite a long time since we saw Tom Hardy on screen. But in fact, he's been working consistently, with five films in the last eighteen months, and the actor's such a chameleon that it's hard to draw a line between Ricky Tarr in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises," especially as Hardy spent most of 2012 in Africa shooting the Mad Max movie "Fury Road."

But now that the ever-rising star is done with that, he's lining up all kinds of projects, co-starring with Noomi Rapace in both Michael Roskam's "Animal Rescue" and Daniel Espinosa's "Child 44," working with Doug Liman to climb "Everest" and leading video game adaptation "Splinter Cell." But before any of that, Hardy's going to knock out a quick thriller with an intriguing twist, with Screen Daily announcing that Hardy will top-line "Locke," which will shoot later this month in London.

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Tom Hardy in talks to star in 'Child 44' 'Safe House' director Daniel Espinosa helming for Scott Free Productions By JUSTIN KROLL (VARIETY)

Tom Hardy continues to add to his already-busy schedule as the "Dark Knight Rises" thesp is in talks to star in the Scott Free production "Child 44."

Daniel Espinosa is helming the pic, with Ridley Scott producing for Scott Free.

Richard Price is penning the script based on the Tom Rob Smith novel. Story is set in the Stalin-era Soviet Union and follows a disgraced lawyer who is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders.

Hardy is first expected to shoot the Fox Searchlight pic "Animal Rescue" with Noomi Rapace in March, followed by "Child 44."

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