
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been tapped to star in the big-screen version of 'Mandrake', according to today's Hollywood Reporter. The film will be directed by Chuck Russell ('The Scorpion King')."This is a rare opportunity to reinvent one of the all-time classic comic book characters and create a new kind of hero for international audiences," Russell told the Reporter.Filming is slated to begin in early 2008.Omega Entertainment and Baldwin Entertainment Group are making the film under their first-look production deal.