Robert Pattinson, 26, is to star as Lawrence Of Arabia 50 years after the original film was released.
Pattinson will feature in a forthcoming biopic, by the German director Werner Herzog of the formidable Middle East adventurer Gertrude Bell entitled Queen of the Desert.
King Kong actress Naomi Watts will play Gertrude Bell in the film, which will focus on the English writer's life.
Queen of the Desert has been scripted by Herzog and looks set to continue the director's long-standing interest in larger-than-life figures with impossible dreams.
