Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore targeting Kennedy pic

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Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore targeting Kennedy pic

Thu Aug 25, 2005 05:28 AM ET

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anthony Hopkins is set to star in "Bobby," Emilio Estevez's passion project about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Demi Moore is in negotiations to join the cast.

Part fact and part fiction, the ensemble film chronicles the intertwining lives of a grand cast of characters, all of whom are present at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in the hours leading up to Kennedy's assassination. Hopkins will be the hotel's doorman, and Moore will portray a lounge singer.

The movie hopes to touch upon racial stereotypes, class differences and sexual inequality in its story lines.

"My intention with 'Bobby' is not to make a political picture, although the 1968 California primary figures prominently in the story," Estevez said. "The film is about being at critical mass -- critical mass in relationships or between race, and the hotel and the characters under its roof serve as a microcosm for what was happening in the country during that time. The entire country was experiencing critical mass. Culturally, we all unraveled after that tragic night on June 5. And now, 37 years later, our country has reached critical mass once again."

An October 25 start date is being eyed, with a budget of less than $10 million.

With the real Ambassador now closed for demolition, the production hopes to re-create the historic hotel on soundstages and possibly use the Biltmore Hotel as a location.

The castings see Hopkins reuniting with Estevez, with whom he worked on 1992's "Freejack." Moore and Estevez, longtime friends and members of the '80s Brat Pack, acted together in 1985's "St. Elmo's Fire" and 1986's "Wisdom." Estevez wrote and directed the latter.

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[SkyNet]

yes but the big news about this project... and thanks to Mike Sampson for putting it so nicely on the joblo main page... and ill say it the way Steve and Doug Butabi would say it: EMILIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is BACK!

Now if we can only get that 4th Mighty Ducks movie green lit!

[James Logan]

Goddamn, Emilio Estevez. Feels like the early 90s again.

That set aside, the project does sound oddly interesting. I'm curious to see how it'll turn out.

[thedudeman69]

Man, I would like to see if he has any skills as a director.

[Marcelo]

Emilio hasn't been in a movie in a while...I wonder what his last movie was as an actor.

[James Logan]

Originally posted by Marcelo
Emilio hasn't been in a movie in a while...I wonder what his last movie was as an actor.

Seems like he's been working. He's got a film out this year -- THE L.A. RIOT SPECTACULAR (narrated by Snoop Dogg and also featuring Ron Jeremy and that kid from JERRY MAGUIRE, thank you very much). His last noticeable turn was RATED X in 2000, the porn business movie he directed and starred in with bro Charlie Sheen.

And MIGHTY DUCKS 3 was almost ten years ago already. I say we need another one.

(All that info courtesy of the IMDB, of course)