Banderas In Talks to Become ‘Dali’

Antonio Banderas (‘Desperado’) is in the final stretch of talks to portray the legendary, surrealist painter Salvador Dali in the indie biopic being directed by Simon West (‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’). The project has been floating around since 2003 when West first optioned the rights to the spec script by Jeremy Walters. Production is set to begin in early 2009.

Film will blend music with CGI sequences in an effort to capture the inventiveness and color of the painter. Story will explore how Dali conquered America and the world with sex, sin and surrealism only to succumb later to worldwide scandal and misfortune. — Variety

[source: Variety.com]