Salvador Dali is enjoying a renaissance of interest, at least in Hollywood. There's three Dali biopics floating currently floating around in various stages of completion. The one getting the most buzz right now is "Little Ashes," which stars "Twilight" hottie Robert Pattinson as the young artist. Al Pacino is attached to play the painter in "Dali & I: The Surreal Story."

And now Dali may finally get an actor who hails from his home country of Spain, because according to Variety, Antonio Banderas wants a turn, and is in talks to play the painter in "Dali." That's less of a shocker than the director, who is none other than Simon West, more famous for action movies like "Con Air" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" than indie biopics. Read more...