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Firth, Spacey to visit 'Catalonia'

By Adnan Tezer May 19, 2009, 23:16 GMT

Hugh Hudson will direct the bigscreen adaptation of George Orwell's "Catalonia," with Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey set to star.

According to Variety, Hudson ("I Dreamed of Africa," "Chariots of Fire") will direct from a script by Bob Ellis.

Orwell's book tells the real-life story of how he and his wife Eileen traveled to Barcelona to fight Stalinism. Orwell then joined the Anarchist brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. The film will focus on the relationship between Orwell and Georges Kopp, the commander of the Anarchist brigade.

Al Clark will be producing alongside French producer Alian Sarde and Fernando Meirelles.

Clark was co-producer on the last film adaptation of an Orwell book, "1984." The film, released in 1984, was directed by Michael Radford and stared John Hurt and Richard Burton (in his last film role).

Hudson will start shooting in the first half of 2010 in England, Spain and then Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Uruguay.

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