Bernal is Mammoth

Ioncinema’s indie king of 2006, Gael Garcia Bernal, is shaping up to take home the number one honors in 2007 as well. The Mexican actor is now slated to star in Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth, his follow up to 2006’s experimental drama Container. The Swedish writer/director/poet Moodysson established a reputation as an envelope-pushing filmmaker with his previous work Fucking Amal (Show Me Love), Together and Lilya 4-ever.

Mammoth, Moodysson’s first English-language narrative, follows a successful New York couple, their daughter and her Filipino nanny. It is scheduled to shoot in New York, Thailand, The Phillipines and Sweden beginning in October.

Bernal, who we all know and love from Amores Perros, La Mala Educación and everything else he has appeared in, is currently working with Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore on Fernando Meirelles’ dramatic thriller Blindness. This means there are now at least two chances to see Gael on the big screen in 2008 and based on his work ethic, staying power and talent I don’t foresee any signs of him slowing down. Swoon.