Hopkins will play Pharotu, an evil sorcerer who killed Sinbad’s love in a power hungry craze. He’ll co-star with Liam “Don’t Call Me Thor” Hemsworth, who’s set to play a young commander who joins forces with Sinbad, Ali Baba and The Genie (who have yet to be cast) to fight Pharotu.
Hopkins, who just wrapped production on Marvel’s THOR, is currently filming the supernatural thriller THE RITE and would begin work on NIGHTS later this summer. If you’re looking for something slightly less genre from Hopkins, he does have a role in Woody Allen’s forthcoming YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER…