Movie News: Henry Cavill to star in Edward Zwick's 'The Great Wall'

Variety reports that is in negotiations to star in director Edward Zwick’s (The Last Samurai) period epic The Great Wall.

The film “looks at the mystery behind how China’s Great Wall was constructed.” Zwick wrote the screenplay with Marshall Herskovitz, based on a story by World War Z author Max Brooks and Thomas Tull.

Henry will next be seen in action, thriller The Cold Light of Day with Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. It opens in theaters April 6th!