The initial couple of ‘graphs from a movie-industry blog (and there are no further details after these few words):
Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton are teaming up with Exclusive Media Group on a potential franchise based on the life of Julius Caesar.
The partners are eyeing a trilogy of films adapted from Conn Iggulden’s four-book The Emperor Series. Exclusive Media Group co-chairman Nigel Sinclair said the company might finance the first project in a split-rights deal with a US studio.
via Exclusive Media Group, Nunnari, Canton to partner on Julius Caesar epic | Screen Daily.
Folks might want to check out an interview with Conn Iggulden from back in 2006 at the UNRV site on this (tip o’ the pileus to Viggen!)
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Iggulden’s work covers the lifespan of Caesar, so I wonder if they’ll switch protagonists during the movie or whether they’ll age the actor. Richard Burton wasn’t a bad Caesar when he played him in Cleopatra… I hope they get somebody like him.
*Sorry, meant Rex Harrison.