DecimusCaesar Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 (edited) I don't know if this has already been mentioned in the Colosseum forum , but a new movie based on the life of the Emperor Hadrian is due for release next year called 'Memoirs of Hadrian' which is set to be directed by John Boorman and written by Ron Base (based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar). Antonio Banderas will be playing Hadrian and Juliette Binoche will play Faustina. Although their roles are still in talks, so it might be due to change. More info is on IMDB.... Edited September 3, 2006 by DecimusCaesar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 The screenplay must be from this source: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/20/222118.php but, of course , screnplays have a habit of ditching the original material, good, bad or indifferent. At least we know it will look good with Boorman directing , (like looking at the world through Fujichrome 64 ASA film, with extra luminous green filters ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Antonio Banderas ... quoting Greek philosophy and chasing after strapping young boys. Sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 omg...Antonio Banderas...*0* I wonder if he speaks Latin or Greek... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plautus Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I wonder who will play Simon Bar Kochba? Larry David? Listening to his kvetching would make me send him on a Diaspora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Juliette Binoche should play Antinous, because Faustina it's not around much. I 'll hate it if it's another Alexander with gay love scenes. Hadrian should be more mature and more classy then the tiny desperado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted September 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I think we will have to wait and see...there's a new batch of historical epics coming up soon, Apocalypto (Mel Gibson's Mayan movie) 300 (movie based on Frank Miller's comics) Warrior (the Boudica film) and a nunch of others I can't recall. Perhaps if these fail the film will be cancelled just like the Alexander movie by Baz Luhrman that was in production when Oliver Stone's Alexander was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I 'll hate it if it's another Alexander with gay love scenes. What does that mean? Is there a movie with such scenes? Apologize for I seldom watch historical films so I am not very familiar with them =w=" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I 'll hate it if it's another Alexander with gay love scenes. What does that mean? Is there a movie with such scenes? Apologize for I seldom watch historical films so I am not very familiar with them =w=" The film was nicknamed "Queer Eye for the Macedonian Guy" , but frankly the homo-erotic sub plot was just hilarious . The battle scenes are quite good, mainly because the actors have stopped spouting hammy dialogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hadrian obviously adored his boy Antinous. It's hard to imagine how they could tell Hadrian's story without mentioning that particular fancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotWotius Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hadrian obviously adored his boy Antinous. It's hard to imagine how they could tell Hadrian's story without mentioning that particular fancy. Very true, in fact I believe that Hadrian commissioned more statues of Antinous than he did for himself. These of statues of Antinous are just three of dozens that have survived. When the young man died under mysterious circumstances, Hadrian went as far as naming a star after him: 'Finally Hadrian declared that He had seen a star which he took to be that of Antinous, and gladly lent an ear to the fictitious tales woven by his associates to the effect that the star had really come into being from the spirit of Antinous and had then appeared for the first time.' -Dio Cassius, Epitome of Book 69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hadrian obviously adored his boy Antinous. It's hard to imagine how they could tell Hadrian's story without mentioning that particular fancy. Agreed, evidence sure would suggest that Antinous was Hadrian's young lover, but the possibility exists that he was simply being groomed as a successor. Perhaps both, perhaps not, but the Historia Augusta suggests that Hadrian preferred adult men over adult women (SCANDALOUS!). It also suggests, however, that Hadrian maintained several relations with other women, perhaps having an effect on the poor relationship between he and his wife Vibia Sabina. Perhaps Antinous was just an overwhelming favorite or perhaps there was more than meets the eye (hence my suggestion that he was a potential heir, keep in mind that Hadrian did not have children). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Antinous as Hadrian's heir? Right.... I'll bet he said that about all his lovers! Seriously, does anyone really believe that those lovingly crafted statues were meant merely to commemorate the loss of a potential heir? All Rome must have been rolling their eyes and sniggering at the old sugar daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I 'll hate it if it's another Alexander with gay love scenes. What does that mean? Is there a movie with such scenes? Apologize for I seldom watch historical films so I am not very familiar with them =w=" The film was nicknamed "Queer Eye for the Macedonian Guy" , but frankly the homo-erotic sub plot was just hilarious . The battle scenes are quite good, mainly because the actors have stopped spouting hammy dialogue. I didn't care much for the battle scenes myself. A lot of epileptic nightmarish cinimatography to make up for not setting up a full battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Antinous as Hadrian's heir? Right.... I'll bet he said that about all his lovers! I'm not saying that he said it. That was completely my idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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