Ya'll Remember William Tell?

[WyldeMan45]

Jim Caviezel will take up the crossbow to star in "William Tell: The Legend" for newly formed Flagship Films. Til Schweiger also will star in the project, to be directed by Nick Hurran from a script by Hurran and Scott Reynolds.

With Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer's Flagship as lead producer, Schweiger's Barefoot will serve as German co-producer while Castel Studio will co-produce from Romania.

Arclight Films' Gary Hamilton will serve as exec producer, with Arclight handling foreign sales.

Promising a fact-based retelling of the medieval legend, the film will recount how Caviezel's Tell challenged the Hapsburg monarch Hermann Gessler, played by Schweiger. Tell's defiance ignited an uprising against the Austrian government which led to the formation of Switzerland.

Principal photography is slated to begin in September in Romania.

Caviezel, best kown for "The Passion of the Christ," was repped by ICM; Schweiger was repped by Anonymous Content.

Earlier this week, Flagship announced its first production, "Weapon," starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Vinnie Jones.

Hollywood Reporter

[WyldeMan45]

Alright so apparently nobody remembers William Tell, history has failed you all!!

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by DVDave

I remember his overture. Hi-O Silver!

Well that's something atleast lol. Though most the people here probably only know the name from Varisty Blues, when the quarterback (Paul Walker's) father asks "Ya'll Remember William Tell" and than places a beer can on his head for his son to knock it off, lol. That is what I named my thread after, Cause I pretty much sadly figured that is most folks entire knowledge of William Tell here.

[Johnny Vinyl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell

John

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by DVDave

I remember his overture. Hi-O Silver!

That all i can remember from him!

[P@t_Mtl]

Think of him as Swiss Robin Hood

[lobo81865]

I remember William Tell, and will definitely go see this one. I like Jim Caviezel too. Loved him The Count of Monte Cristo. It's very high on my want list for Blu Ray.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by lobo81865

I remember William Tell, and will definitely go see this one. I like Jim Caviezel too. Loved him The Count of Monte Cristo. It's very high on my want list for Blu Ray.

He was one of Hollywood's hottest in the early part of the decade and than kind of disappeared all together. He's from one small town over from me, so I've always kind of liked him more growing up pretty much exactly where I did. I hope this gets him back on the hollywood track.