Script Report: ALEXANDER THE GREAT
December 12th, 2000
People this is great news. Christopher McQuarrie has been struggling for some time to get ALEXANDER THE GREAT, a project he seems to have a ton of passion for, off the ground. Well it looks like he might have done it. Estimated as an $85 million epic drama McQuarrie will direct a script written by Peter Buchman (JURASSIC PARK III).
As for his motivation to bring this project to life, "I wanted to be part of a film that was similar to the films I grew up on that were larger than life with grand heroic characters at the center," McQuarrie said. "What I find most compelling about Alexander the Great is the notion of a man who had conquered nine-tenths of the known world with the help of his childhood friend before the age of 25."
Production should begin after this coming summer's anticipated actors' and writers' strikes are done with. No word on who are the leading candidates to play Alexander.
-- Chris
(Source: Variety)
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