Summit Entertainment has signed on with White Horse Pictures to co-produce 'Emperor', the first in what could be a trilogy of movies about Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus.
- Aug 27, 2015
AceShowbiz - A new Julius Caesar movie titled "Emperor (2017)" is in the works at Lionsgate, according to Deadline. Summit Entertainment, whose franchise included "The Twilight Saga", "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent", has teamed up with White Horse Pictures to co-produce the first movie in what could be a trilogy about Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus.
"Emperor" will be based on the first two novels written by Conn Iggulden titled "The Gates of Rome" and "The Field of Swords". The project's script will be written by Broyles ("Cast Away" and "Apollo 13"), Stephen Harrigan ("Hallmark's Cleopatra"), Burr Steers ("Pride, Prejudice and Zombies") and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers ("The Grey").
White Horse Pictures' Nigel Sinclair will serve as producer along with Hollywood Gang Productions' Gianni Nunnari, Atmosphere Entertainment's Mark Canton and Matt Jackson. Serving as exec producers are East and William Broyles Jr, Tony To and Alex Brunner.
"We're looking forward to working with an incredible creative team on Emperor, a great property based on a unique and compelling series of books," Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger said, "A fresh and inventive coming-of-age story about the young Julius Caesar and Brutus set amidst the drama, intrigue and passions of ancient Rome, we believe that 'Emperor' will be a big, crowd-pleasing motion picture event for global audiences. It marks an exciting addition to a slate already loaded with franchises, potential franchises and other star-driven tentpole films."
Nigel said, "We're thrilled to be working with Lionsgate on an epic motion picture event with the potential to create a new multi-picture franchise, and we're delighted to have Mark, Gianni and Matt bringing to the film their experience in creating sweeping historical sagas of vision and scope."
Gianni and Mark, who worked together on "300", added, "Combining the sweep of '300' with the intrigue of 'Game of Thrones', this is the part of the story of the mighty Julius Caesar that nobody knows - his emergence alongside Brutus as young powerhouses in Rome, a fresh and contemporary retelling of their rivalries, passions and jealousies, captured in a movie with breath-taking action, spectacular visual effects and epic scope."
