The Lost City of Z Got Robert Pattinson

The Lost City of Z Got Robert Pattinson

Writer-director James Gray’s The Lost City of Z  got The Twilight Saga star Robert Pattinson  to act opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Screen Daily reveals (via The Playlist).

Description as follows:

In 1925, Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado.

Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped inspire Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions around the globe, Fawcett embarked with his twenty-one-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization—which he dubbed “Z”—existed. Then he and his expedition vanished.

Cumberbatch will star as Fawcett, though there’s no word yet as to who Pattinson will be playing.