If someone recently sensational scandal with a German company producing a Volkswagen car a lot of patted nerves, then for the studio Paramount - this is a bright opportunity to create an amazing movie. Moreover, she agreed to produce himself DiCaprio.
A bit of prehistory
The US Commission found that Volkswagen engineers, through software, skillfully forged the results of testing the car for emissions into the atmosphere of harmful gases that were equipped with a diesel engine. In other words, with the help of this software during the inspection for the content of harmful substances in the exhaust gases, the device included an ecological mode, and disconnected it during normal operation.
The most shocking for many was the news that for seven years the company managed to multiply its assets through such a dishonest method.
The result is one: the shares of the concern fell by 18%, and besides, Volkswagen was fined $ 18 billion. In addition, the head of the company resigned.
The future film
Paramount bought the rights to the book of Jack Ewing, which, by the way, is still in the process of publication. It details the story of the illegal software, through which Volkswagen forged the data.
The producer of the film did not have to search long: Leonardo DiCaprio and his company Appian Way agreed to produce the film. It's easy to guess that the actor went for this, first of all, because he is an ardent defender of the environment. In addition, his fund repeatedly transferred multi-million sums of money to improve the environmental situation in the world.
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It is worth mentioning that the working title of the picture is "Too big to be mistaken". At the moment it's too early to talk about the exact cast.
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