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FILMING has now started in Hungary on Roman adventure The Eagle of The Ninth.

It stars Channing Tatum, who is in current release G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra; Jamie Bell (Defiance, Jumper); and Mark Strong (upcoming Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood).

Shooting entirely on location in Scotland and Hungary, it is being directed by Kevin Macdonald and written by Jeremy Brock, both of whom worked on award-winning The Last King of Scotland.

Brock adapted the screenplay of The Eagle of the Ninth from Rosemary Sutcliff's classic novel of the same name.

The Eagle of the Ninth is set in second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth.

Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

Donald Sutherland portrays Marcus' uncle Aquila, who has retired in Britain; Strong is Guern, an ex-soldier who holds crucial information about the Ninth.

The project is a collaboration between Focus Features and Film4, which gets UK broadcasting rights as part of the deal.