Anthony Hopkins will play George Frideric Handel in 'The King of Covent Garden' biopic about the composing of 'Messiah.'

A new composer biopic is coming to our screens, with two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins set to play the great 18th-century composer George Frideric Handel in ‘The King of Covent Garden’.

Anthony Hopkins has been cast as George Frideric Handel in a new biopic titled The King of Covent Garden. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Hopkins will play the German-British Baroque composer in The King of Covent Garden,

Two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins is attached to star as baroque composer George Frideric Handel in a new feature titled The King of Covent Garden .

Anthony Hopkins, who has embodied a cast of real-life characters in his long career, ranging from Richard Nixon (in Nixon) and Sigmund Freund (Freud’s Last Session) to Alfred Hitchcock (Hitchcock), and Adolf Hitler (1981 TV movie The Bunker),