It's not set in stone, but file this possibility under highly likely. Deadline is reporting that James Cameron is looking to direct a 3-D version of "Cleopatra" starring Angelina Jolie for Sony Pictures. It's the one project Cameron is seriously mulling in addition to the "Avatar sequel."
What has Cameron's interest so piqued is that Bran Helgeland has reportedly written a killer script, causing Sony to fast-track the PG-13 project. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Jolie is attached to play the female pharaoh. On top of that, Sony is looking to get Brad Pitt involved to play Mark Antony the same way Richard Burton did opposite his lover Elizabeth Burton in the famous 1963 version.
It's obvious why the studio is eager for Jolie to tackle the part, considering she has expressed her interest in the project numerous times in the past. Sony told Deadline that Jolie "knows she was...
What has Cameron's interest so piqued is that Bran Helgeland has reportedly written a killer script, causing Sony to fast-track the PG-13 project. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Jolie is attached to play the female pharaoh. On top of that, Sony is looking to get Brad Pitt involved to play Mark Antony the same way Richard Burton did opposite his lover Elizabeth Burton in the famous 1963 version.
It's obvious why the studio is eager for Jolie to tackle the part, considering she has expressed her interest in the project numerous times in the past. Sony told Deadline that Jolie "knows she was...
- 10/15/2010
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Movies Blog
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