The Weinstein Company Picks Up WWII Thriller HHhH

The Weinstein Company has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to the upcoming Nazi thriller HHhH, an adaptation of the French novel by Laurent Binet. Jason Clarke stars as Reinhard Heydrich, one of Hitler’s most lethal cabinet members who was assassinated by two exiled operatives. The film follows these operatives from their escape of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia through their assassination of Heydrich.

HHhH, which stands for Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich (Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich), is directed by Cedric Jimenez (The Connection) and also stars Rosamund Pike, Jack O’Connell, Jack Reynor, and Mia Wasikowska.

It’s currently in production in Europe, so although there’s no official release date yet, I would expect to see this hitting theaters late next year. Either way, it sounds incredibly fascinating and makes me want to check out the book.

Here’s the novel synopsis from Amazon:

HHhH: “Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich,” or “Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich.” The most lethal man in Hitler’s cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich seemed indestructible―until two exiled operatives, a Slovak and a Czech, killed him and changed the course of history.

In Laurent Binet’s mesmerizing debut, we follow Jozef Gabcík and Jan Kubiš from their dramatic escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to their fatal attack on Heydrich and their own brutal deaths in the basement of a Prague church. A seamless blend of memory, actuality, and Binet’s own remarkable imagination, HHhH is at once thrilling and intellectually engrossing―a fast-paced novel of the Second World War that is also a profound meditation on the debt we owe to history.