Late last week, it was announced in a Deadline exclusive that James Franco would play Fidel Castro in Alina of Cuba, from director Miguel Bardem, with screenplay by Oscar-nominated Jose Rivera and ...

Alina Fernández, daughter of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is defending the casting of non-Latino star James Franco to play her father in the upcoming film biography based on her life. "James ...

James Franco has someone big in his corner. The actor, who was controversially cast as Fidel Castro in an upcoming movie, is getting support from the former Cuban dictator’s own daughter. Alina ...

Fidel Castro has survived US hostility an invasion several CIA assassination attempts and an economic embargo His face has become an iconic image worldwide yet the man himself remains an enigma to all ...

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