The Hollywood Reporter has stated that the Russian leader has been excised from two major upcoming releases.
Though Putin was a key figure in the original book, he’s been quietly cut out of the film adaptation.
A baffling time for movies and a controversy no studio is keen to replicate in the near future, which may explain their current extreme caution towards Vladimir Putin.
A writer has even reportedly taken meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev about the potential for a biopic.