‘Birdman’s Alexander Dinelaris & Residente Scripting New Film ‘Porto Rico’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman, The Revenant) is teaming up with multihyphenate René Pérez Joglar, known professionally as Residente, to co-write the new film Porto Rico.
Porto Rico is a historical drama based on the life of Puerto Rican revolutionary, José Maldonado Román, known as Águila Blanca (White Eagle), set on the island in the late 19th century.
Maldonado Román fought against colonialism by leading a gang of ex-convicts to vindicate Puerto Rico as it sought its identity as a country. “It has been amazing to work with Alex,” said Residente in a statement about the screenwriter he was introduced to by Alejandro Gonzalez-Iñarritu. “It took me a while to find a great writer because I was looking for someone who not only is talented but also connects with the subject matter.
I found both in Alex, an amazing writer who is highly skilled at dialogues as was evident in Birdman,” he added. Residente and Dinelaris found they shared a special cultural connection via Puerto Rico, the island where both Residente and Dinelaris’ grandmother were born.
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