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Warner Bros. Pictures Julius Caesar Biopic

April 20, 2012 by · Comments Off on Warner Bros. Pictures Julius Caesar Biopic 

Warner Bros. Pictures Julius Caesar Biopic, The renaissance of the swords and sandals epic continues with the news that Hollywood plans to bring the daddy of all Roman generals, Julius Caesar, to the big screen, Deadline reports.

South African Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) will direct for Warner Bros, working from a screenplay by Chris Boal, author of an acclaimed play about Caesar entitled 23 Knives. The studio is planning a sweeping drama that begins with the young general’s departure to Spain to take up a governorship and ends with him triumphant as undisputed leader of the Roman empire following his defeat of rival Pompey.

The film does not venture into the second half of Caesar’s life, in which he brought Egypt and parts of the Middle East under his control; those events will presumably be dealt with in a sequel.

Like its subject, Warner’s project may have to contend with rivals if it is to emerge victorious. Another Caesar film is reportedly in the pipeline, based on a quartet of novels on the dictator’s early life by British writer Conn Iggulden. Recent history suggests that the battle will be fierce, as Baz Luhrmann discovered when his planned Alexander the Great biopic was beaten to the chase by Oliver Stone’s version seven years ago.

Beware The Ides of March

March 15, 2010 by · Comments Off on Beware The Ides of March 

Beware The Ides of MarchBeware The Ides of March:From chapter five of The First Assassin, a conversation between Col. Charles Rook and his superior officer, Gen. Winfield Scott, on March 15, 1861:

The colonel leaned forward. “You’ve heard the rumors about the president. They haven’t let up. It is the talk of the city. Mr. Lincoln’s life remains in danger, no less than it did on his inauguration day.”

Scott frowned. “Of course I’ve heard some rumors. Who hasn’t? The air is hot with them.”

“Do you know what today is, general?”

Scott did not like being questioned. He scowled, but answered anyway. “Friday.”

“That’s not what I mean. It’s March 15.”

“Yes?”

“The Ides of March.”

“Are you giving me a history lesson, colonel? I know my history. Today is the date of the death of Julius Caesar.”

“And the anniversary of the most famous political assassination in world history.”

Scott rolled his eyes. “Your dramatics do not transform fable into fact. Rumors are not the same thing as evidence.”

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