Los Angeles:
Hollywood superstar GeorgeClooney will once again helm a political movie following hisdirectorial stint in highly-praised drama The Ides of March.
The 51-year-old actor has been roped in to direct FocusFeatures' The Yankee Comandante.
Focus is making a rights deal for Yankee Comandante,which was an article written by David Grann in the May 28issue of The New Yorker, reported Aceshowbiz.
The studio has tapped Clooney to serve as the director inaddition to co-producing the movie project along with hisSmokehouse partner Grant Heslov.
Grann's article centers on William Alexander Morgan, whohelped Fidel Castro and the Cuban rebels overthrow FulgencioBatista. Morgan was the only American in the rebel army andthe sole foreigner, other than Argentinian icon Che Guevara,to rise to the army's highest rank; The Comandante.
Morgan, whose motives for being in Cuba were subject tosuspicion, was later imprisoned and charged with working forUS intelligence.
Clooney will next be seen opposite Sandra Bullock inAlfonso Cuaron's adventure picture Gravity. He also producedBen Affleck's upcoming political drama Argo.
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The 51-year-old actor has been roped in to direct FocusFeatures' The Yankee Comandante.
Focus is making a rights deal for Yankee Comandante,which was an article written by David Grann in the May 28issue of The New Yorker, reported Aceshowbiz.
The studio has tapped Clooney to serve as the director inaddition to co-producing the movie project along with hisSmokehouse partner Grant Heslov.
Grann's article centers on William Alexander Morgan, whohelped Fidel Castro and the Cuban rebels overthrow FulgencioBatista. Morgan was the only American in the rebel army andthe sole foreigner, other than Argentinian icon Che Guevara,to rise to the army's highest rank; The Comandante.
Morgan, whose motives for being in Cuba were subject tosuspicion, was later imprisoned and charged with working forUS intelligence.
Clooney will next be seen opposite Sandra Bullock inAlfonso Cuaron's adventure picture Gravity. He also producedBen Affleck's upcoming political drama Argo.
Read: Angelina tells Clooney, no practical jokes at the wedding
