Hidalgo- In case there’s any question that history and the Old West are again “hot” in Hollywood, Disney’s Touchstone Pictures is releasing an $80 million film, not on one of the icons of the era—not on Wyatt or Billy or Doc or even Annie—but on a character few have ever heard about. Noted screenwriter John Fusco has penned the script for Hidalgo, the legend of Frank Hopkins and his mustang, Hidalgo. Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings) plays Hopkins, portrayed as one of the greate


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