Having proven adept at playing Royalty thanks to her portrayal of Princess Margaret in The Crown, Vanessa Kirby is now crossing the channel to play Empress Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag. According to Deadline, Kirby, who received an Academy Award nomination last year for her harrowing performance in Pieces of a Woman, will […]
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag to begin production in January
Ridley Scott has scheduled his next film Kitbag, a historical biopic on the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, for a January 2022 production start date. Speaking with the BBC’s Today, Scott confirmed Kitbag would be his next project with a start date of January 15th. The film will reunite him with his Gladiator and The Last Duel stars Joaquin Phoenix […]
Jodie Comer joins Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag
As director Ridley Scott preps his Napoleon Bonaparte biopic Kitbag with Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) as the famed emperor, Deadline reports that Scott has cast Killing Eve‘s Jodie Comer to star as Napoleon’s wife Josephine, a role which the filmmaker views as integral both to the film and Napoleon’s life. Much like Phoenix re-teaming with Scott decades […]
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon film starring Joaquin Phoenix heads to Apple
Late last year, news broke that director Ridley Scott would team with Joaquin Phoenix on an upcoming Napoleon film and now comes word that the film, Kitbag, has found a home at Apple. This film is a passion project for Scott, and we will see him team with Phoenix for the first time since 2000’s […]
Gladiator’s Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix to re-team for Napoleon epic
Could Joaquin Phoenix be gearing up for another Oscar campaign in the future? Deadline reports that the actor is re-teaming with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for an upcoming Napoleon-focused film. Phoenix will play the French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Titled Kitbag, the name is derived from the old saying: “There is a general’s […]
