Michael Douglas is in negotiations to portray US President Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, according to THR. When the project was first announced last May, Ridley Scott was set to direct, although as with most movies he attaches himself to, he’ll no longer helm but will instead produce.
Now Mike Newell (Harry Potter 4, Great Expectation) is in talks to direct the film, which is a dramatisation of the 1986 summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Russian leader Mikael Gorbachev, to discuss a peace agreement in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. As the movie’s title suggests, the talks were was held in Reykjavik, Iceland. The search is still on for an actor to play the Soviet premier.
The $10 million movie should start shooting next March in Germany.
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