Onerva Pictures options the film and TV rights to bestseller Putin’s Trolls by journalist Jessikka Aro

Onerva Pictures’ goal is to develop a high end, fictional drama series inspired by the true stories in Jessikka’s ground-breaking book. Inka and Tanja Rusi of Onerva Pictures have received funding from the Finnish Film Foundation for initial writing work on the series in March 2022. Jessikka Aro is attached to the project as a consultant and executive producer and former ambassador and professor of International Relations Dr. Alpo Rusi is attached as a consultant.

“I appreciate the deeply humane touch and the personal interest the Rusi sisters have in Putin's Trolls. I look forward to working with their wonderful team,” – Jessikka Aro

“We are thrilled to be working with Jessikka, who is such an inspiration in her bravery and pioneering journalism. Russia’s recent war crimes in Ukraine have given the work an even more urgent focus. Our drama series SHADOW WAR will feature characters inspired by the private individuals turned freedom fighters featured in Putin’s Trolls, all connecting via intertwined plotlines across multiple locations in Europe. We envisage a tense and gripping thriller with plenty of twists to take us across multiple seasons.”
– Tanja Rusi, producer, Onerva Pictures

“By exposing Putin’s institutionalized trolling operations, Jessikka Aro has gone where no one has had the courage to go before and has done so at great peril. Ms. Aro has done the world a huge service by showing us how these tactics work so we can better defend ourselves going forward.” —Bill Browder, financier and author of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice