Variety reports that Fox is making a movie about Moses in the style of "300":
http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/10/holy-moses-chernin-makes-first-big-pic-buy.html
"For his first significant film project acquisition, Peter Chernin is taking on a project of Biblical proportions.
20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in "300" style. The tale will start with his near death as an infant to his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, his defiance of the Pharoah and deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement."
So does this mark the return (again) of the sword-and-sandals epic, Biblical or otherwise?
And why are relatively few of these movies made, given the positive B.O. results and the strong overseas market?
Gladiator: $188 mil US gross
300: $210 m
Passion: $371 m
Prince of Egypt: $101m
Troy: $133 m
Alexander: only $34 m US but $131 m overseas
LauriD
http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/10/holy-moses-chernin-makes-first-big-pic-buy.html
"For his first significant film project acquisition, Peter Chernin is taking on a project of Biblical proportions.
20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in "300" style. The tale will start with his near death as an infant to his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, his defiance of the Pharoah and deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement."
So does this mark the return (again) of the sword-and-sandals epic, Biblical or otherwise?
And why are relatively few of these movies made, given the positive B.O. results and the strong overseas market?
Gladiator: $188 mil US gross
300: $210 m
Passion: $371 m
Prince of Egypt: $101m
Troy: $133 m
Alexander: only $34 m US but $131 m overseas
LauriD
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