Onassis Biopic Gets Going This Fall

"City of God" and "The Constant Gardener" director Fernando Meirelles tells Screen Daily that "Nemesis" his upcoming biopic of shipping tycoon Aristotle his ambitious biopic of shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis will begin a ten week shoot in Croatia in October.

Originally titled "Onassis", the biopic was renamed to match the title of author Peter Evans' book on which the film is based.

The story deals with Onassis' contentious relationship with Robert F. Kennedy who had investigated his business practices and barred him from trading inside the United States. The book goes on to speculate that the power struggle got so heated that Aristotle eventually financed his assassination .

Meirelles has floated the idea of casting Michael Fassbender as Bobby Kennedy at one point

Bráulio Mantovani who worked with Meirelles on "City of God" wrote the adapted script for the film.

Location scouting is already underway on the $30 million project with casting to be announced shortly.