US director making Chavez 'addendum'

US: Oliver Stone is not shooting a new movie about Hugo Chavez but an "addendum" using outtakes from an old film, an aide said Tuesday, clarifying remarks by the late Venezuelan leader's successor.

The US director and long-time Chavez fan is compiling footage not used in his 2009 documentary "South of the Border" into a follow-up short, to be released on the anniversary of Chavez's death next March, she told AFP. The late Venezuelan leader's handpicked successor, President Nicolas Maduro, announced last month that Stone "is making a very beautiful film about our commander Hugo Chavez.

"We are eager for its debut on the big screen in Venezuela," he said, adding that one of Stone's producers informed him about the film while on an official trip in Paris.

AFP