Jim Caviezel to Be William Tell

The Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel will star in William Tell: the Legend for Flagship Films according to The Hollywood Reporter. Til Schweiger also stars and will be directed by Nick Hurran with a script from Hurran and Scott Reynolds.

The film will tell of crossbow master William Tell's battle with Hapsburg sovereign Hermann Gessler (Schweiger).

Photography will begin in September in Romania. No official release date has been released yet.