Actor Richard Gere reportedly is set to star in a new film by award-winning Israeli director Joseph Cedar, who also wrote the screenplay for the movie that will be filmed in both New York and Israel, according Yediot Acharonot.
Two of Cedar’s films, “Footnote” and “Beaufort,” were nominated for Academy Awards.
The movie is expected to be called “Oppenheimer” and also will star Israeli actor Lior Ashkenazi. Gere will play the part of Norman Oppenheimer, a New York activist who starts a relationship with an Israeli politician.
The Golden Globe winning actor also is the star in “Time Out of Mind,” which is directed by Israeli-born Oren Moverman and is to be released soon.
Meanwhile, the popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats” is slated to come to Israel for the first time.
The musical, which has been running on Broadway for 18 years, will be performed in Israel in November, according to reports.