Additional casting has been announced for the new film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, starring film and stage star Keira Knightley in the title role. Joe Wright is directing the project, which will have a screenplay by Tony Award and Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard. Stoppard also wrote the Tony award winning Coast of Utopia, set during the Russian Renaissance.
Tolstoy’s novel centers on a 19th-century Russian woman stuck in a loveless marriage who struggles with her attraction to a soldier.
Tony Award nominee Jude Law will play Anna’s husband, Aleksei Karenin; and Aaron Johnson will play Count Vronsky. Rounding out the cast will be Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, and Ruth Wilson.
The film’s creative team includes composer Dario Marianelli, costume designer Jacqueline Durran, production designer Sarah Greenwood, and cinematographer Philippe Rousselot.