#Al Pacino, Diego Boneta and Xolo Maridueña Star in ‘Killing Castro’ Thriller

Al Pacino, Diego Boneta and Xolo Maridueña are set to star in Killing Castro, director Eif Rivera’s debut feature now before the cameras in New Jersey.

The Romulus Entertainment pic also stars KiKi Layne, Alexander Ludwig, Ron Livingston, Kendrick Sampson, Nicole Beharie, Logan Marshall and Titus Welliver. Killing Castro, written by Leon Hendrix, Thomas DeGrezia and Colin Bateman, follows true events when Fidel Castro visited New York City in 1960 to address the United Nations General Assembly as the Cuban revolutionary leader.

When met with hostility at his original hotel, Castro meets Malcolm X, who invites him to stay at famed Hotel Theresa in Harlem. With the eyes of the world now watching, a rookie undercover FBI agent originally assigned to investigate Malcolm X suddenly becomes the FBI’s most valuable asset and must keep Castro from being eliminated by the CIA and the Italian Mafia.

The film is produced and financed by Romulus Entertainment’s Brad Feinstein, along with Christina Weiss Lurie of Fourth and Twenty-Eight Films also producing. Executive producers are John Takis, Rudy Langlais, Josh Glick, Boneta, Sam Slater, Hendrix, Bateman, Piers Tempest, Joseph Ingrassia and Nick Ham.

“I am honored to be part of telling such an important story that is a piece of history which was largely unknown. Killing Castro perfectly encapsulates the type of stories we strive to tell at Romulus Entertainment, stories that do more than entertain audiences, but create thought-provoking diverse content that bring to light the complexities of real life. We are looking forward to working with the incredible cast led by the inimitable Eif Rivera,” Feinstein said in a statement on Monday.