Gerard Butler is to star in a new soccer movie.
The 300 actor has signed up to appear in Dynamo, a true-life tale which chronicles an historic game between an occupied Ukrainian team and their Nazi captors during World War II.
The game, which was dubbed The Death Match, saw the Nazis pit a squad of well-treated German players against a starving group of Ukrainians with the expectation of an easy win.
However, their opponents, spurred on by goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich, who Gerard will play, fought back and ultimately inspired their entire city.
The film is based on Andy Dougan's book Dynamo: Defending The Honour Of Kiev and has a script by Eli Richbourg.
Dynamo will shoot in Europe some time next year.
