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| "Cleopatra" (1963) stills |
1905 film news As the most famous Hollywood film, "Cleopatra" has always been the target of major producers. A few days ago, Paramount began preparations for the new era version of "Cleopatra". There are media reports that the director and actors of "Wonder Woman" Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot will collaborate again to make this highly anticipated film.
In addition, Leita Carlo Gridis, the screenwriter of "Closed Island", will write the script for the film and become the film's producer. Paramount finally got this project in bidding with Global, Warner, Apple and Netflix.
As a biopic, Hollywood has been preparing to restart "Cleopatra". Prior to this, David Fincher, Ang Lee, and Dennis Villeneuve were all preparing their own version of Cleopatra. However, this time Paramount and Patty Jenkins were the first to make the first step and entered the formal preparatory process.
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| Gal Gadot in the "Wonder Woman" crew |
In the history of Hollywood, "Cleopatra" was shot in two versions. In 1934, Cecil B. Demir and Claude Corbet collaborated to shoot the first version. The film won the Oscar for Best Photography that year. And in 1963, the 20th Century Fox Film Company, which was then unparalleled, announced the arrival of the Hollywood blockbuster era with a super luxurious lineup of "Cleopatra". The film is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor. Although the film dragged the producer into the quagmire of losses, it still became a classic.
The "Cleopatra" in the title of the film refers to Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile. Previously, Hollywood focused on the love affair between her and Caesar the Great of the Roman Empire and after Caesar's assassination, she and the general Anthony. The history of the rise and fall of the entire ancient Roman Empire is mixed in it, from Caesar to Octavian. However, how the all-female Cleopatra version of Patty Jenkins will deal with this story is still unknown.
