Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Malkovich could star in "Spider Dance", and Jeremy Irons and Ashley Judd are set to fill the leads in "Reconstruction of the Warriors", which will start shooting in October.
"Reconstruction of the Warriors" will be shot in Ireland, though important hospital scenes will be filmed in a Hungarian studio. The final touches have been made to the screenplay and financing has been secured, but a third co-star still needs to be found, Koltai said. The film is based on real-life events during Germany's blitzkrieg against the British. The main character is a plastic surgeon who operates on soldiers disfigured by burns.
"Spider Dance' will be an American-Australian co-production about the life of Lola Montez.
"I find the life of Lola Montez amazing: she was a dancer, an actress a courtesan and the lover of Louis I. I gladly accepted the commission to direct a film about the last years of her life," Koltai said.
The producers hope to get Zeta-Jones, Malkovich and Sienna Miller to star in the high-budget film. The Academy award-winning actress would play Lola Montez, Malkovich would play a theatre professional and Miller a servant. The film will be shot on location in Australia and in a German studio.
Gyula Pados, the cinematographer for Koltai's "Fateless" and "Evening ", will join the director again for "Spider Dance".
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