Oscar winning actor, Christian Bale, and Oscar-nominated actor Oscar Issac are set to star in a film about the Armenian Genocide being produced by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, Asbarez reports, citing showbiz411.com.

It is also reported that Terry George of “Hotel Rwanda” is set to direct the film, which he himself described as “a WWI love story, in the style of ‘Dr. Zhivago’ and ‘Reds,’ set against the backdrop of the Armenian genocide.”

The film follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, beautiful and sophisticated Ana and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

Bale will play Chris, who is in love with both a woman and the danger of being in a combat zone during WWI. Isaac will play Michael, who is in love with the same woman but whose heart is conflicted with the traditions of the old world.

The subject of the Armenian Genocide has been close to George, whom the Armenian State Pedagogical University hosted in March 2013. During his speech at the University, the Irish filmmaker compared the Armenian Genocide to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, which he portrayed in his Oscar-nominated 2004 film “Hotel Rwanda”.