Screenwriter David Scarpa says Sony’s in-the-works Cleopatra will be a “dirty, bloody” political thriller. Denis Villeneuve is in talks to direct the historical biopic based on Stacy Schiff’s 2010 book Cleopatra: A Life. Angelina Jolie has long been attached to the project, but it’s unknown whether she remains on-board.
Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen who seduced both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, has long fascinated Hollywood. Early filmmakers took multiple stabs at the character, notably in 1917 with the legendary Theda Bara (the film is now lost). Cecil B. DeMille gave Cleopatra’s story his lavish treatment in 1932, with Claudette Colbert. George Bernard Shaw’s Casear and Cleopatra came to screens in 1945 with Vivien Leigh as ...
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