Antonio Banderas Eyed for 'Fu Manchu'

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is in talks to star in Fu Manchu directed by compatriot Alex de la Iglesia, Daily Variety reported Monday. 

The film, about a Latino FBI agent stricken with amnesia while in pursuit of an evil Chinese doctor, would be Banderas' first project with a Spanish director in five years.  

Filming on the $15-20 million-dollar Lolafilms production is scheduled to start in 2001. 

Banderas' last movie for a Spanish director was Fernando Trueba's 1995 film, Loco de Amor (Love-Crazy). – AFP.  

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