V for Vendetta is a 2006 dystopian thriller film directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. It is an adaptation of the V for Vendetta comic book by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Set in London in a near-future dystopian society, Natalie Portman stars as Evey, a working-class girl who must determine if her hero has become the very menace he is fighting against. Hugo Weaving plays V—a bold, charismatic freedom fighter driven to exact revenge on those who disfigured him. Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a... desperate quest to capture V before he ignites a revolution. The film was originally scheduled for release by Warner Bros. on Friday, November 4, 2005 , but was delayed; it opened on March 17, 2006, to positive reviews. Alan Moore, having already been disappointed with the film adaptations of two of his other graphic novels, From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, after reading the script for V for Vendetta refused to view the film and subsequently distanced himself from it.
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| Release date: | February 13, 2006 |
| Directed by: | James McTeigue |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 132 Minutes |
| Producer: | Joel Silver, Larry Wachowski, Grant Hill, Lorne Orleans, Andy Wachowski |
| Editor: | Martin Walsh |
| Music by: | Dario Marianelli |
| Cinematography: | Adrian Biddle |
| Screenplay by: | Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski |
| Estimated budget: | $54,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | V for Vendetta |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction, Action |