Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) has confirmed [The Playlist via Total Film] that she’ll be joining director Michael Mann‘s Capa, a biopic about famed combat photographer Robert Capa. Arterton confirmed her involvement with Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, upcoming Spider-Man reboot) and you can see her quote below.
“But I’m aiming for even more diversity. Capa [biopic about the combat photographer Robert Capa] is confirmed, so I should be working with your hottest actor, Andy Garfield!
Michael Mann‘s variety of rumored upcoming projects (Hemingway‘s For Whom The Bell Tolls; maybe the recent historical novel Agincourt, or the Chicago mob tale Big Tuna) have seemed to prove unspectacular with a film-going public used to hearing Mann’s name swirling around hits like Heat and Collateral, indifferent of brilliant offerings like The Insider and largely uninterested in such a string of movie references in one line.
Moviegoers who dig on Michael Mann expect, rightly, a damn exciting popcorn flick with amazing depth and a lot more going on than the shootouts. There’s no actual confirmation from Mann what he’s doing next, but he’s comfortable with biopics – The Insider examined whistle-blowing tobacco scientist Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), his appearance on 60 Minutes, whose producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) puts everything on the line to record his accusation of America’s big tobacco company. For this film, Jez Butterworth (Fair Game) is adapting Susana Fortes‘ novel Waiting For Robert Capa. See the synopsis below.
Photographer Gerda Taro’s romance with Capa is the focal point of the film. Taro and Capa met in Paris in 1935 where to two began a two-year romance that ended when Taro was tragically killed in a road accident at the Battle Of Brunnete. Despite a later romance with actress Ingrid Bergman, Taro was reportedly the love of Capa’s life as he never married after her death and was found with only her photo in his wallet at the time of his death.
As we’ve said, nothing 100% confirmed but this is a solid hint at Mann’s next project. What do you think of Arterton and Garfield together for a Mann film?