Fidel Castro might be showing up as a character in Steven Soderbergh's Che flicks, but it looks like his daughter, Alina Fernandez, is getting a bit more involved in the movie biz. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Crash co-writer and Oscar winner Bobby Moresco is bringing her story to the big screen. Fernandez will consult, Moresco will possibly direct it, and the project is currently out to writers. However, this won't be a straight biopic.

It seems that her story will somehow be intertwined with the stories of others, like Crash, to "show the Cuban and American perspectives and ideologies along with Fernandez's story." Basically, she's the product of an affair Castro had while married to his first wife. She "spent her childhood in the country's shadow, only learning at age 10 that the man who visited her at night and whom she saw on TV every day was her father." In the '90s, she disguised herself as a Spanish tourist and fled to Spain, and then the US, where she now lives.

Fernandez is involved to try "to make people be a little more aware of how glorious we are and how many limitations we have." I'm sure that will depend on how the film is portrayed and then perceived by audiences. I happened to really dig Crash, but many people were put off by it, so it'll be interesting to see if this project takes on a different tone to circumvent comparisons.

The duo who brought us Crash, Bobby Moresco and Mark R. Harris are once again joining forces. However, instead of violence and race, they'll be focusing on political scandal. The team have secured the rights to Susan McDougal's story, as well as the book written about her -- The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk. No, this isn't a mime extravaganza. Rather, it's the story of Bill Clinton's business partner who spent 21 months in prison for refusing to implicate the president in the Whitewater scandal.

Considering Hilary Clinton's current run for the presidency, it's an enormously convenient time to re-spark our minds about the scandal. That being said, the pair claim that the former president supports the film: "We sat in a room with him, and he told us how much the story needs to be told. He even gave us his take on the movie -- that when you face impossible odds as Susan did, the only way you can achieve victory is to not lose sight of who you are. That is what Susan never gave up." That Clinton knows his PR speak. It almost sounds like she was the lone hero fighting against injustice, and not just refusing to testify about law breaking.

Moresco, who has writing credits on Crash with Paul Haggis, will write and direct the script, while producing with Harris. The pair are anxious to get things squared away, and might even have an actress set to play McDougal before they secure financing. I think the tone of the film is pretty obvious, as Harris says: "Bobby and I are fascinated with the underdog, the small person who goes up against a system that manipulates anything, from the press to the court system, and can ruin the lives of innocent people." It's the true hero, underdog story for the next millennium! Now, who do you think should play McDougal?

Nominees:

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night and Good Luck
Woody Allen, Match Point
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana

Winner: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash

Despite an over-reliance on big coincidences and nicely dove-tailed moments of dramatic convenience, Crash was named Best Original Screenplay. Paul Haggis chose to give a shout-out to any and all who fight racism, which was very, very Canadian of him. (As a Canadian Scientologist, Paul Haggis may be the most curious creature alive: Dull but exotic, arcane but mundane.) Co-writer Bobby Moresco didn’t get to speak – curse you, Haggis! – but I'm sure he'll cry himself to sleep on a pillow made of the decimal places he can now add to his asking price for a screenplay.