Elsa Pataky to play superhero's girlfriend

May 15, 2008 Spanish actress Elsa Pataky has been cast as the superhero's girlfriend in Maltes Producciones' $30 million "Captain Thunder." Elsa is bilingual, she even physically resembles Captain Thunder's girlfriend and she's a tremendously popular actress in Spain and known in Europe. Walt Disney Motion Pictures Iberia holds Spanish rights and first option on U.S. distribution for the adventure movie based on Spain's most popular comic book hero, known as "Captian Trueno" in Spanish.

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