Focus Features International announced at the Cannes Film Festival that it has acquired sales and distribution rights to Agora, a historical epic. The movie is the latest from The Sea Inside filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar. It stars British actress Rachel Weisz, who won an Oscar for her work in Focus’ The Constant Gardener. In the new film, she will play the real-life Hypatia of Alexandria, who was the Western world’s first female astronomer and philosopher, the studio said.
Agora will also star Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Homayoun Ershadi. Focus said it will have rights to Agora worldwide except for Spain and North America.
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