I like the special effects in the trailer, but wonder if the story will back up the CGI. It seems the studio is selling the special effects more than the story itself, which is disappointing because I still believe in a good story. All the special effects in the world means nothing unless there is a good story.
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Anthony Hopkins might take on the role of Ernest in Hemingway & Fuentes, an independent project about the 
renowned writer, written and directed by Andy Garcia.
Garcia is co-writing the script with Hilary Hemingway, a screenwriter, author and the niece of Ernest Hemingway. The movie will focus on the relationship between Hemingway and his longtime fishing-boat captain Gregorio Fuentes.
Hints are also surfacing that Annette Benning could play the role of Hemingway’s wife and Widow Mary Welsh.
Garcia is not calling the film a biopic, but rather a historical drama, concentrating on the final, complex chapter in Hemingway’s dramatic life.
Hemingway spent a good deal of the last decade of his life in the fishing towns of Cojira, Cuba and Ketchum, Idaho, a time when the author is artistically recognized for penning “The Old Man and the Sea,” the novella about a Cuban fisherman that won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1952.
Garcia told Hollywood Reported that he wants to explore both the psyche of Hemingway, the dynamic with Fuentes and the relationship both had with fishing. “I’m a Hemingway nut and also an avid fisherman, and the reality of the relationship between Hemingway and his captain is compelling to me,” he said. Garcia, who said the project is in its nascent stages, said he aims to star as Fuentes.
You might ask, who is Fuentes?
He is the captain, who died in 2002 at the age of 104 and led a colorful life himself. Born in the Canary Islands, he migrated to Cuba when he was ten-years-old; some say he was the model for “Old Man and the Sea” protagonist Santiago, though others may say otherwise.
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Antonio Banderas joined the ensemble cast of Woody Allen’s next movie, which goes into production without a title 
this summer in London.
The versatile Spanish actor joins a roster of talented actors such as Naomi Watts, Freida Pinto, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins.
This will be Banderas’ first movie with Allen.
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Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto is all set to star in Woody Allen’s latest project, which is untitled.
Pinto joins a list of actors as she takes on the ingénue role in Allen’s movie. The actors include Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins.
According to Variety, Pinto has become one of the most pursued actresses since her breakout performance in Slumdog.
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Consistent with his approach to working on a film Woody Allen is keeping his next film’s title and plot under wraps, 
but has nabbed Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins to star in the film, which willl shoot in London this summer.
Brolin and Hopkins are the first in an ensemble cast. This is Brolin’s second film with Woody and Anthony Hopkins first.
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The Guardian carries confirmation that Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins is set to play King Lear in an upcoming big-screen adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy. The film will also star Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts and Keira Knightley as Lear’s three daughters; more big names are attached to the film – they are to be announced soon.
"The one thing that I’m staying away from is stunt casting," said director Joshua Michael Stern, "so there won’t be the American comedian, but there will be some really great actors playing smaller roles that will make a lot of sense."
Stern’s previous works have been comedy shorts; he has also scripted episodes of Law & Order and Chicago Hope. However, he insists that he won’t be meddling with the original text.
"I’m not very fond of the modern adaptations," he said. "It’s pre-Roman, Celtic, very raw. It’s a period in British history, from which Tolkien took a lot of his inspiration, where there were thatched-roof roundhouses and fortresses."
The film will begin shooting in Britain or Ireland early next year.
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Turn on your plasma screen this weekend and watch Oliver Stone’s “Alexander the Great” on American Movie Classics, June 21 8PM/7C and June 22 8PM/7C. As Alexander the Great, Colin Farrell pouts and contemplates as he conquers the known world by the time he is twenty-five. Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Val Kilmer also star.
I think telling any story about a great man from ancient history is not easy. Oliver Stone did a grand job. The above trailer shows it all.
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