At this rate the pre-production history of the long-gestating Gal Gadot headlined Cleopatra movie will be more eventful than the life of its subject, with the news that Universal are considering taking the project off Paramount’s hands. Having already lost Patty Jenkins due her hectic schedule that includes Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Wonder Woman […]
Patty Jenkins steps down as director on Cleopatra, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Kari Skogland to helm
Patty Jenkins has quite a bit on her plate as a filmmaker. With the Wonder Woman helmer preparing for a third outing for the DC superhero, and still officially attached to the recently-delayed Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for Lucasfilm, Deadline is reporting that Jenkins has now decided to step down from the director’s chair on Cleopatra. […]
Gal Gadot to reunite with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins for Cleopatra
Gal Gadot and her Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins are set to swap Themyscira for Ancient Egypt, with Deadline reporting that the star and filmmaker are set to reunite for Cleopatra, a new biographical drama of the legendary Egyptian ruler. As revealed by the trade, Paramount Pictures has won an auction for the package, fending […]
Money to Burn: When Hollywood Spending Gets Silly
Tom Jolliffe on when spending in Hollywood gets out of hand… Money is great isn’t it? It makes the world go round, and since the birth of the studio system in Hollywood, a lot of money has been thrown into creating movies. Even making films deemed lower budget can be deemed a costly exercise. Actors […]
Freeform developing a Cleopatra TV series
Freeform is looking to get into the period drama business, with the network announcing that it is developing a Cleopatra series from Michael Seitzman, executive producer on Quantico and Code Black, as well as Christina Davis and Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The project is described as “an epic, female-centric adventure series following the life of the […]
New Cleopatra movie will be a “dirty, bloody” political thriller filled with sex, swearing and assassinations
Back in September it was announced that Blade Runner 2049 helmer Denis Villeneuve is in talks to direct a new version of Cleopatra, and during an interview with THR, screenwriter David Scarpa (All the Money in the World) has been chatting about the project, describing it as a “lean, mean political thriller” filled with sex, […]
Denis Villeneuve is the frontrunner to direct Sony’s Cleopatra
Denis Villeneuve’s career certainly is on the rise, especially coming off chatter that Blade Runner 2049 will be hailed as a ‘masterpiece’, and now comes word that the director may be attached to another big, long-developed film over at Sony. Deadline has reported Villenueve is being courted to direct Cleopatra, based on the infamous Egyptian queen, with Scott […]
Amazon to develop Cleopatra series from Black Sails trio
A few days ago Amazon acquired a TV series based on 2011’s film Hanna and now the streaming service has gained yet another show, Cleopatra. Based on the Egyptian queen who ruled Egypt and became the last active Pharaoh of the country before Rome’s rule, the series will come from the Black Sails team of Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine […]
Cleopatra remake gets new writer, Angelina Jolie still attached
Deadline is reporting the long-gestating remake of classic epic Cleopatra has scored a new writer to help bring the story back to the big screen. David Scarpa (The Day The Earth Stood Still) has signed on to the project, which is based on the bestselling book Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. Producers Scott Rudin and Amy […]