Guerrilla News

Steven Soderbergh Creating Back-to-Back Che Guevara Biopic

October 31, 2006 04:10:19

Finally ready to bring up his long-gestating project depicting the life of Che Guevara to the big screen, prominent director Steven Soderbergh has been confirmed to develop not only one but two movies about the respected Latin American revolutionary, titled "The Argentine" and "Guerrilla."

Intended to be shot back-to-back using mostly Spanish dialogue, these two projects have already picked up "Traffic" star Benicio Del Toro to play Guevara while Javier Bardem, Franka Potente, and Benjamin Bratt are all currently in talks to join the cast. Both movies will be made using less than $70 million budget with Peter Buchman working on the scripts and Laura Bickford producing.

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Steven Soderbergh to Direct 'Guerrilla'

December 10, 2005 09:12:26

The next project for Steven Soderbergh is to direct the upcoming drama action "Guerrilla." A biopic about Cuban revolutionary, Che Guevara, the flick will star Benjamin Bratt with its production set to begin January 21 in New York in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

More on the figure, born in 1928, Ernesto "Che" Guevara first trained as a doctor before becoming Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant. In 1967, he was captured and executed by Bolivian forces.

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