Anthony Hopkins is in final negotiations to join the cast of “Arabian Nights” as the film’s main villain.

Chuck Russell is directing the the action adventure which is about a young military commander (Liam Hemsworth) joins the bandit forces of Sinbad, Ali Baba and the Genie of the magic lamp after his king is killed in a brutal coup. Together they all band together to rescue the beautiful queen Scheherazade. Hopkins would play the evil sorcerer Pharotu, whom Sinbad has a grudge against for killing his true love, a mermaid.

The film was written by Russell and Barry P. Ambrose, with Inferno’s Bill Johnson producing alongside Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray of Mayhem Pictures.

Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on “Arabian Nights”.

By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Heat Vision Blog)