A comic strip based on the film by Alexei Balabanov “Brother” will be released in 2022, to the 25th anniversary of the film. This was announced on Saturday, December 18, by Roman Kotkov, editor-in-chief of the Russian publishing house Bubble, which will publish the collection.
The comic will tell the story of the main character of the film – Danila Bagrov.
“Next year we will be doing a comic strip based on Bubble’s Brother, as part of the film’s 25th anniversary. We could not stay away. This will not be a copying of the picture, these are really the stories that we want to tell about this hero, ”Kotkov said at the Bubble Comics Con festival of films, games and comics.
Since June this year, you can watch both parts of Balabanov’s film on Netflix. “Brother” and “Brother 2” are the oldest Russian films that Netflix bought, before that rights were acquired only for new projects. It is noted that the service bought the rights to the classics of the film company “CTB”, the cost of the transaction is not indicated.
The crime film “Brother” with Sergei Bodrov Jr. in the title role was released in 1997, it was filmed for 31 days. According to the plot, demobilized Danila Bagrov arrives in St. Petersburg, where, according to rumors, his older brother has been prospering for several years. Danila found his brother Victor, who turned out to be a contract killer.
In the sequel “Brother 2” the action takes place in 1999. Bagrov meets with his friends from service in Chechnya, but one of them is killed. Danila learns that a friend was in trouble because of his twin brother, an NHL hockey player in the United States. After that, he went to America with his older brother.
Bodrov Jr. tragically died on the set in the Karmadon Gorge in 2002 at the age of 30. In 2017, a vote was held according to which Russians consider Danila Bagrov to be the main Russian superhero. In the vote, the character bypassed the epic hero Ilya Muromets, Uncle Styopa, Gleb Zheglov and Shtirlitsa.
Source: IZ
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