News reports in Santo Domingo say that Italian Hollywood star Isabella Rossellini will play the role of Urania in the film production of ?The Feast of the Goat?, Mario Vargas Llosa?s best-selling fiction novel based on true events during the 30-year dictatorship of the DR?s Rafael Trujillo. According to the website noticine.com Rossellini was chosen over Penelope Cruz for the lead role. The Listin Diario reported that the film would be produced by Lolafilms of Spain and Future Films of the UK. The scenes will be shot in Spain and the Dominican Republic starting in October of this year. Listin reports that scenes will be filmed at the Presidential Palace, and the army will collaborate. The film will be originally produced in English. In the DR, their counterpart will be Basanta Produccion Cine & Video. ?The Feast of the Goat? was originally published in 2002.