Academy Award winner Julianne Moore will play famend artwork restorer Dianne Modestini in a tv dramatization of the 2021 documentary The Misplaced Leonardo, Deadline studies. The documentary follows the twisted story of the rediscovery of the Salvator Mundi, a portray attributed to Leonardo da Vinci that subsequently bought for $450m at Christie’s in New York in 2017, making it the world’s costliest murals.
The portray was bought by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, although his id was solely revealed to the general public by way of later press studies. Salvator Mundi has not been seen in public for the reason that 2017 sale, regardless of Christie’s saying on the time of the public sale that it could go on show on the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Subsequently it was rumoured to be included within the Musée du Louvre’s blockbuster Leonardo retrospective, which opened in 2019, although ultimately it was a no-show—a publication supposed to mark its inclusion did flip up, although.
Even except for the drama of the disappearance of the most costly portray of all time, there are severe considerations in regards to the provenance and restoration of the portray, and whether or not or not the Salvator Mundi that bought at Christie’s must be thought of a portray by Leonardo. The sale of Salvator Mundi and its results are nonetheless taking part in out within the artwork world: this yr, Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, a former proprietor of the portray, misplaced a lawsuit in opposition to Sotheby’s after accusing them of fraud tied to when he bought the portray and different works from the public sale home with the assistance of Swiss seller Yves Bouvier.
Along with taking part in Modestini within the new collection, Moore may even act as government producer, in response to Deadline. Moore was nominated for a Golden Globe for final yr’s movie Could December, during which she performed a personality based mostly loosely on Mary Kay Letourneau, the American intercourse offender who went on to marry her scholar. The forthcoming Salvator Mundi collection is being developed by Studiocanal, The Image Firm, Leisure 360 and Zaftig Movies, with the duo of John Requa and Glenn Ficarra set to direct.
No information but if roles will probably be forged for The Artwork Newspaper editor-at-large Georgina Adam and former editor-in-chief Alison Cole, each of whom seem within the documentary.
