Roman Epic "Eagle of the Ninth" with Tatum and Bell

[WyldeMan45]

There are bigger, bawdy arm-cannoned men in director Kevin MacDonald’s future. The director of Russell Crowe’s latest, “State of Play”, is prepping a Roman Empire pic titled “The Eagle of the Ninth” which Jamie Bell and Channing Tatum are flirting with.

MacDonald, who also helmed “The Last King of Scotland”, tells The Orlando Sentinel that "It takes place in Roman Britain in the second century. All the Romans will be American, all the Celts will be Scots and it's about the friendship between a Roman legionary and his Celtic slave. They go on a journey upriver, kind of like Apocalypse Now, crossing Hadrian's Wall, looking for the Lost Legion in the wilds of second century Scotland.”

"Allegedly 'lost legion.'”, adds MacDonald. “It turns out the whole legend was based on a misreading of the text. Actually, they went to Germany. But we'll forget about that, for our purposes!"

http://www.moviehole.net/200918520-m...e-of-the-ninth

[P@t_Mtl]

Could be fun, the trouble is there might be too much temptation to turn this into some sort of "magical mystery journey". While 2th century Scotland was mysterious and strange to the Romans, I doubt the reality of it would create excitement with today's very jaded audiences

[jpthomas27]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

...While 200 century...

A point of clarification...
2nd century, not 200 century. We are currently in the 21st century. The 200th century is approx. 17,900 years from now.

If 200 was reference to the year (ie. the 200's); The years 200 through 299 was the 3rd century, not the second.

The second century was years 100-199, this is the time period in which the story takes place.

[Clark Kent]

The concept sounds interesting, depending on how good the writing is and what they focus on.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

A point of clarification...
2nd century, not 200 century. We are currently in the 21st century. The 200th century is approx. 17,900 years from now.

If 200 was reference to the year (ie. the 200's); The years 200 through 299 was the 3rd century, not the second.

The second century was years 100-199, this is the time period in which the story takes place.

Holy crap, I just time traveled back to Sophomore Class World History.......

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

A point of clarification...
2nd century, not 200 century. We are currently in the 21st century. The 200th century is approx. 17,900 years from now.

If 200 was reference to the year (ie. the 200's); The years 200 through 299 was the 3rd century, not the second.

The second century was years 100-199, this is the time period in which the story takes place.

WOW! can't even make one tiny mistake in this forum it's all good made the correction

[Blu Titan]

Thansk for the heads up WyldeMan...I am very interested in watching this film once it gets released.

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Historical fiction is my favorite movie genre. I'm looking forward to seeing this.

[anntong]

The concept sounds quite interesting!

[Kirsty_Mc]

Romans... I'm in!!!