Billy Zane Will Play Marlon Brando in Stranger than Fiction Biopic Waltzing with Brando
You know the story of Marlon Brando. Hollywood fixture, considered by some to even be the greatest film actor of all time. But there's more to Brando than meets the eye, and a new movie plans to explore one of the actor's lesser-known pursuits: eco-resort planning.
Here's everything we know so far about the forthcoming movie Waltzing with Brando.
It's based on a little-known true story.
In the late '60s and early 70s, Marlon Brando was looking for an escape from his life in the spotlight. He thought he'd found it in the Tahitian atoll of Tetiaroa, an island he purchased with a vision of transforming it into an "ecological utopia that is energy-autonomous."
Brando enlisted architect Bernard Judge to help him with the project. After a few years of experimenting, it became clear that it was a Sisyphean task: the ecology of the island was simply too delicate and interconnected to build on without destroying the underlying ecosystem.
Judge eventually recounted their good-faith effort in his 2011 memoir, Waltzing with Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti. It's that book provides the source material for the new film.
Billy Zane will star as Brando.
Veteran actor Zane is set to play the iconic lead. The role will reunite him with Bill Fishman, whom he worked with on 1993's Posse.
Bill Fishman is both writing and directing the movie.
This is a bit of a departure for Fishman, whose work seems to have centered on the music scene in the past. He's directed shorts for everyone from The Ramones to Jessica Simpson, and even his feature films have a music industry focus (see Tapeheads and My Dinner with Jimi).
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