Cillian Murphy

By STACY DODD

Cillian Murphy (“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”) will star alongside Al Pacino in “Dali & I: The Surreal Story,” Room 9 Entertainment’s Salvador Dali biopic. Andrew Niccol directs the film, which starts lensing early next year in Spain and New York. It’s based on Stan Lauryssens’ novel “Dali and I.” Murphy will play an art dealer who becomes involved with Dali and his wife.

Thesp recently completed “The Edge of Love” and is now shooting “Hippie Hippie Shake” for Universal/Working Title.