When it came to making a biopic, Danny Glover chose a character as fascinating as he was controversial. The American actor will make a film about the Haitian revolutionary leader Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture. The film, according to the Hollywood press, will have the support of Villa del Cine in Venezuela, a cultural project of the government of Hugo Chávez.
In this way, the actor will have his fiery debut as a film director; This work has an initial budget of 30 million dollars and, as often happens in these cases, it will feature several co-productions. The co-star of the Mortal Weapon saga has been desiring, for several years, to recount the life of Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), one of the top independence leaders in Haiti.
The only firm name is Glover. The actors who will participate in the film or its technical team have not yet been defined. The Villa del Cine project aims to "combat" the Hollywood film dictatorship.
Glover supported the political project promoted by President Hugo Chávez since 1999; at the moment, the actor and now director is in Caracas attending forums on the media. In the next few days, the cast will be defined and work will begin on the production of the film, which will surely have something to talk about.