One thing I definitely did not expect to see news about today was an announcement that Johnny Depp plans to adapt the classic Soviet-era book The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. According to a report in Variety , the book-to-screen adaptation could begin filming next year with Depp producing and possibly starring in it. It’s a bold choice for anyone to try to adapt this wonderful novel, but it’s one of my favorite books, and I can’t wait to see it play out in a film.

The Master and Margarita Has Been A Favorite Among Artists For Decades

As with many works of art and literature from Cold War-era Soviet history, The Master and Margarita has a fraught history. Bulgakov wrote the book in the 1930s, before he died in 1940. It went unpublished for years. His widow first g

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