Is "Guerilla" The New "Medellin"?



Benicio del Toro, in a move that will surely draw the ire of those intrepid Page Sixxies, has agreed to play Che Guevara. We cannot fail to note that the similarities between the film, tentatively entitled "Guerilla," and the "Entourage"-inspired "Medellin" -- about a rebel of a different kind -- are curious. Both, for example, are going to be entirely in Spanish with subtitles. From TheHollywoodReporter:

"Benicio del Toro will play Argentine revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in a film directed by Steve Soderbergh, the film's production company said Thursday.

"'Soderbergh will spend nine weeks filming across Spain,' Telecinco Cinema said.

"The production company did not release the title of the film, but del Toro's official Web site said it would be called 'Guerrilla.' The Spain-United States co-production will be filmed entirely in Spanish."

We will draw no further comparisons between Entourage's Billy Walsh and the equally "indie" Steven Soderbergh.