Last year it was announced that Roland Joffe (The Mission) had been hired to make a movie about controversial Opus Dei founder, Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. It was pitched, in the backer's words, as 'a sympathetic portrayal of the Catholic organization, bravely contradicting the sentiment set by Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code.' So no killer albino monks here. Instead Charlie Cox (Stardust) stakes on the lead role of the Opus Dei founder, who set up the organisation in 1928 as a way for Catholics to learn to sanctify themselves without abandoning secular life, bringing God into everything they do (although it's this strictness over people's lives, combined with its secrecy, that's caused controversy). The film, funded by Opus Dei itself, also stars Wes Bentley and Dougray Scott, and now the first trailer has arrived, which you can see below. There Be Dragons isn't not likely to assuage Opus Dei critics, who are wary of the group's recruiting practices and are bound to see the film as a two-hour promo, but it might be an interesting counterpoint to the controversy that has surrounded the organisation for years.
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