'Dark Horse': what is known about Bolsonaro's biopic, for which Flavio Bolsonaro asked Vorcaro for money

Jim Caviezel on the poster for 'Dark Horse'
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Banker Daniel Vorcaro helped finance the biopic "Dark Horse", a film about Jair Bolsonaro - and the negotiations involved direct contacts with the former president's son, the senator and pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), who was pushing for payments.
Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, is arrested in Brasília, accused of leading a billion-dollar financial fraud scheme that could reach R$12 billion, according to the PF.
The information was revealed this Wednesday (13) by the Intercept Brasil portal, which had access to messages exchanged between the two and an audio sent by Flávio to the banker in September 2025.
TV Globo confirmed with investigators and people with access the existence of the audio and the content of the report.
According to the Intercept, Vorcaro paid R$61 million for the production of the film "Dark Horse" between February and May 2025.
Audio from Flávio Bolsonaro to Daniel Vorcaro; listen
See what is known about 'Dark Horse' below:
Which artists are involved?
The biography stars Jim Caviezel, who plays the former president, currently under house arrest for an attempted coup d'état. The 57-year-old American actor is best known for "The Passion of the Christ" (2004) and for having participated in more conservative films in recent years, such as "Sound of Freedom" (2023).
Directing is Cyrus Nowrasteh, a 69-year-old American filmmaker of films for TV, such as "After the Attack", and for cinema, such as "The Stoning of Soraya M.". He was already involved in a co-production between the United States and Brazil when he wrote the script for "Jenipapo" (1995) with director Monique Gardenberg.
He wrote the script for "Dark Horse" with Mark Nowrasteh, based on a script written by Mario Frias, actor and former Secretary of Culture during the Bolsonaro government.
The cast also includes Esai Morales ("Mission: Impossible - The Final Hit"), Lynn Collins ("The Walking Dead"), Camille Guaty ("Duster") as Michelle Bolsonaro and Jeffrey Vincent Parise ("General Hospital").
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What is the film's plot?
"Inspired by true events, 'Dark Horse' follows Jair Bolsonaro, a controversial outsider who rises from an unknown army captain to populist leader in the presidential race in a deeply polarized Brazil, only to face a deadly assassination plot that turns his fight against a corrupt system into a battle for survival, truth and the soul of a nation", says the official synopsis, according to the website Deadline.
"From its conception, when Mario brought me the story of 'Dark Horse', it was conceived not as a biographical portrait, but as a tense political thriller about power, media and faith under attack, with cultural significance not just in Brazil, but in all countries", said the director to Deadline.
"The story of the unlikely rise of Jair Bolsonaro and the attack he suffered in 2018 they served as a basis for investigating how far established systems can go to preserve themselves - and how a politician can become the receptacle of a nation's hopes and fears."
Flávio Bolsonaro demands money from Vorcaro for film about his father, says website
When does it premiere?
On April 7, Caviezel published on Instagram that the film opens on September 11, 2026, a Friday. In Brazil, films normally premiere on Thursdays.
Deadline, however, published on April 21 that there is no release date, "contrary to some online speculation", and that the filmmakers are still looking to sell the project.
Daniel Vorcaro and Flávio Bolsonaro.
Reproduction/Evaristo SA/AFP

Source: G1