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"Michael Douglas is to portray US President Ronald Reagan in indie film Reykjavik. Harry Potter director Mike Newell is in talks to helm the Kevin Hood-penned movie, which Sir Ridley Scott once considered as a directorial project, writes The Hollywood Reporter.   Reykjavik tells the story of Reagan meeting Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Icelandic capital in 1986 to iron out peace against the backdrop of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film&amp;#039;s producers - which include Scott - are now searching for an actor to portray Gorbachev. Douglas, who last appeared in 2011&amp;#039;s Haywire, is also starring in the 2013 movie Last Vegas opposite Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Last Vegas follows four best friends in their 60s who come together for a bachelor party in the Nevada city. Watch the trailer for Haywire below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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