Kerry Washington ("Ray," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," "Fantastic Four") is set to go back to the indie world and star opposite Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland" according to Blackfilm.
Set in the 1970s, "Scotland" is based on Giles Foden's award-winning novel that blends history and fiction. It centers on a Scottish doctor who, though a twist of fate, becomes the hand-picked personal physician of the then-new president of Uganda, Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). At first, the doctor is flattered by his new position but soon awakens to Amin's savagery and his own complicity in it.
Washington will be playing one of Amin's wives. Gillian Anderson will play Sarah Zach, an Israeli doctor, and perhaps a spy, who has a brief affair with Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy). Oscar winning documentary director Kevin Macdonald will helm the film based on a adapted script from Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock. Filming will take place in Uganda and in the UK in June 2005 with Fox Searchlight distributing the film sometime in 2006.
Thanks to 'Wilson'.
