Director Eif Rivera is set to make his feature debut with the promising-looking period thriller Killing Castro, starring Al Pacino.
Romulus Entertainment has announced Killing Castro, an exciting-sounding project that boasts an intriguing cast.
The period thriller is set to feature a bevy of exciting names including Al Pacino, Diego Boneta, Xolo Mariduena, KiKi Layne, Alexander Ludwig, Ron Livingston, Kendrick Sampson, Nicole Beharie, Logan Marshall-Green and Titus Welliver.
Based on true events, the film is set in 1960 and ‘begins when Fidel Castro travels to New York City to deliver his first speech to the United Nations after having won the Cuban revolution. When met with hostility at his original hotel, Castro meets Malcolm X, who invites him to stay at the famed Hotel Theresa in Harlem. With the eyes of the world watching, a rookie undercover FBI agent originally assigned to investigate Malcolm X suddenly becomes the FBI’s most valuable asset – tasked with keeping Castro from being eliminated by the CIA and the Italian mafia, by any means necessary.’
Shooting is set to take place in New Jersey, although we aren’t quite sure when.
The project will be helmed by Eif Rivera, director on several TV shows such as BMF and Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Killing Castro will mark Rivera’s feature film debut but an acclaimed background in music videos means the filmmaker possesses a strong visual style.
As well as the premise, we have to say we’re intrigued to see Xolo Mariduena’s name in the cast list too. We’ve only seen Mariduena in fun and frothy projects so far such as this year’s Blue Beetle and Netflix’s Cobra Kai, so we’re looking forward to seeing the actor take a step into more dramatic fare and work with what looks like a great ensemble cast.
Deadline broke the story but didn’t post any kind of scheduling, so we’re unsure when to expect this one. We’ll let you know more as we hear it.
