GUERRILLA (FILM)

'''Guerrilla''' is a 2008 biopic about Argentinean-born medic and revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), most famous for being a key leader in Fidel Castro's forces against Fulgencio Batista. After his work in Cuba, Che moved on to other causes in Africa and Latin America, eventually being captured and killed by counter-insurgency rangers in the mountains of Bolivia.
According to the official Soderbergh website, the release should happen in 2008 but the exact date is yet to be confirmed.
According to an October 2006 article in ''Variety'' magazine, Soderbergh plans to make two films about Che with the other called ''The Argentine''. "''The Argentine'' will focus on the Cuban revolution, from the moment Fidel Castro, Guevara and other revolutionaries landed on the Caribbean island, until they toppled the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista two years later. ''Guerrilla'' will focus on the years following the Cuban revolution. It will begin with Che's trip to the UN headquarters in New York in 1964, until his death in the Bolivian mountains in 1967." Soderbergh plans Guevara double bill
Soderbergh will shoot both films back to back over a 90-day period beginning in May 2007 with most of the dialogue in Spanish. According to an interview in ''Sight and Sound'' magazine, the first film "will be shot in 16mm anamorphic" and "The second is in Super-16, 1.85:1. No dollies, no cranes, it's all either handheld or tripods. I want it to look nice but simple. We'll work with a very small group: basically me, the producer Gregory Jacobs and the unit production manager." Degraded Dupes Steven Soderbergh Amy Taubin Soderbergh has also stated that the films were being made with no U.S. financing: "It was very frustrating to know that this is a zeitgeist movie and that some of the very people who told me how much they now regret passing on ''Traffic'' passed on this one too. But as it turned out, we have all the financing we need without an American distribution deal."
Benicio del Toro will play Che in both movies. Franka Potente and Benjamin Bratt are attached to play key roles. Catalina Sandino has also been cast. Del Toro to play Guevara Javier Bardem was in talks for a possible role, yet he appears to be un-attached to the project according to IMDB.
Early reports state that Soderbergh has already shot most of the opening footage with del Toro and Julia Ormond. She plays a television journalist acting as an informal intermediary between the Kennedy White House and Cuba. Soderbergh will be spending nine weeks filming in Spain.
In addition, Soderbergh has also shot a documentary while researching both films, with interviews with many who fought alongside Che in Cuba and Bolivia.

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★ Film director Terrence Malick ''(The Thin Red Line)'' wrote a screenplay for the film, but later relinquished the project to Steven Soderbergh. He filmed ''The New World'' instead.

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