Katherine Jenkins will join forces with screen legend Sir Anthony Hopkins for George Frideric Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden

By CHIKAMSO CHUKWUENYEM FOR MAILONLINE

Katherine Jenkins OBE and Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE join forces for upcoming Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden.

The Welsh opera singer, 43, will be the executive producer of the film with fellow Welsh native Anthony portraying Handel.

Handel was a German-British composer born in Germany in 1685 and who died in Westminster in 1759.

He wrote operas, organ concertos, oratorios, including Messiah in 1741, and four coronation anthems, one of which, Zadok the Priest, has been performed at every British coronation since 1727.

The King Of Covent Garden, set to be directed by Andrew Levitas, will focus on the creation of Messiah.

Katherine Jenkins OBE, 43, (pictured in 2023) and Anthony Hopkins CBE, 86, have joined forces for upcoming Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden

Katherine Jenkins OBE, 43, (pictured in 2023) and Anthony Hopkins CBE, 86, have joined forces for upcoming Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden

The Welsh opera singer will be the executive producer of the film with fellow Welsh native Anthony portraying Handel.

Handel wrote operas, oratorios, including Messiah in 1741, and four coronation anthems, one of which, Zadok the Priest, has been performed at every British coronation since 1727.

Tim Slover wrote the film's screenplay and Dan Lupovitz and Kevan Van Thompson will also produce.

Katherine will be involved as a musical advisor on the project as well as helping with future marketing efforts.

Peter Touche (Military Wives, The Son) is also executive producing.

Embankment Films is handling global pre-sales on The King of Covent Garden and will be pitching it to buyers at the Cannes Film Market later this month.

It describes the film as a 'powerfully majestic celebration of genius breaking all the rules to create an anthem inspiring the popular imagination of global audiences'.

Embankment also handled international sales on Hopkins’ The Father, which earned the Welsh actor his second best actor Oscar.

In a statement, Andrew said the film’s story will hinge upon 'an unlikely pair, who meet each other at their lowest points, and together create a magnificent never-heard-before "sound for the people": the groundbreaking masterpiece Messiah, the annual global bestseller for close to 300 years'.

He said Tim's script 'is populated by passionate, real-life experience in all its color and dirt, creating a riveting human story with surprising contemporary relevancy, universal human connectivity and spiritual uplift'.

The King Of Covent Garden will be released sometime in 2025.