Brendan Fraser is taking aim to portray iconic archer William Tell.
Fraser is in negotiations to star in what is being called "William Tell: 3D." Nick Hurran, who directed the recent remake of TV's "The Prisoner," is attached to direct the film.
Anna Paquin is in negotiations to play Tell's wife, with German star Til Schweiger playing Habsburg king Hermann Gessler.
The Tell legend involves an archer who is forced to shoot an apple on the top of his son's head after not wanting to bow (no pun intended) in front of the king's statue. When the monarch inquires why Tell had two arrows in his quiver, the archer replied the other arrow was for the king in case he missed the apple. The ensuing events led to an uprising, eventually causing the formation of the state of Switzerland.
The film aims to shoot this fall in Romania and Switzerland.
Fraser is currently shooting "Whole Lotta Sole," in Ireland.