Uvolit Zhoru

To Fire Zhora, also known as Dismiss Zhora (Уволить Жору) is an upcoming Russian comedy film directed by Maryus Vaysberg, the film stars Mikhail Galustyan and Danila Kozlovsky. Also starred Yelena Fomina, Vadim Andreyev, Olga Tumaykina and other popular actors.

It is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2024.

Plot
The protagonist is a man named Maksim, a punchy provincial, devoid of moral principles, building a successful career in Moscow for the capital's recruitment agency. His duties include the dismissal of top managers of large companies. One day, Maksim receives another important task - to "get rid" of the chief programmer of the IT holding Georgy.

The hero, having evaluated the “client”, comes to the conclusion that he will “get rid of” him in a couple of days, because the 40-year-old Zhora is an example of simplicity and harmlessness. However, having got down to business, Maks is faced with unforeseen difficulties and it is not so easy to fire Zhora. The matter is complicated by the fact that Georgy has an attractive half-sister, in whom the main character begins to be actively interested. Thanks to the task of dismissing Zhora, Maks will have to go through many trials in order to understand that a career and material values are not the main thing in life.

Cast

 * Mikhail Galustyan as Georgy "Zhora" (English: Jora)
 * Danila Kozlovsky as Maksim "Maks" (English: Max)
 * Yelena Fomina
 * Vadim Andreyev
 * Olga Tumaykina
 * Natalia Bardo
 * Yana Koshkina
 * Vasilisa Makarova

Production
The director's chair was taken by Maryus Vaysberg in September 2022, the premiere of another director's project took place - a remake of the cult Soviet film by Eldar Ryazanov, Russian called The Irony of Fate in Hollywood, also in English territories titled as About Fate, it starred popular foreign films: Emma Roberts and Thomas Mann. Vaysberg also participated in writing the script for To Fire Zhora and joined Vadim Vereshchagin as a producer. Filming of the project started at the end of August 2022 in Moscow.