Overview
- Posts by Mário Frias and Bolsonaro’s son Carlos on X showed Caviezel in costume and publicly confirmed the project.
- Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, the production began about three months ago in Brazil and is slated to continue in Mexico and the United States in 2026.
- Production images include a reenactment of a 2018 campaign rally where Bolsonaro was stabbed, with reporting indicating a focus on his 2018 run and military background.
- Frias wrote the screenplay and said the film was shot entirely in English, with Lynn Collins and Esai Morales among the cast.
- The film moves forward as Bolsonaro serves a 27-year, three-month prison term for leading a conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election.