Daniel Bruehl ("Goodbye Lenin!" "The Bourne Ultimatum") has committed to topline "
14," to be directed by Andrucha Waddington ("House of Sand") and produced by Antena 3 Films, Ikiru, El Toro Films and Brazil's Conspiracao. Bruehl is up to play Spanish playwright Lope de Vega.
At E12 million, ($17.8 million), "
14," which will start shooting in early 2009, is one of the most expensive Spanish films set to go in production and will bow in 2010. With an original screenplay by Jordi Gasull and Ignacio del Moral, "
14" is produced by Teddy Villalba, Gasull, Edmon Roch and Waddington.