Bosco685 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Quote EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has won an auction for an epic that will have Gal Gadot wearing the crown of a real wonder woman of history. Wonder Woman helmer Patty Jenkins will direct Gadot in Cleopatra, a period biographical drama scripted by Laeta Kalogridis. This is the first major project package won by Paramount Motion Picture Group President Emma Watts in an auction that came down to Universal, Warner Bros, Netflix and Apple, I’ve heard. The film will be produced by Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven, Jenkins, Gadot and her Pilot Wave Motion Pictures partner Jaron Varsano. Kalogridis will be the exec producer. Deal closed yesterday after Gadot — the film was her idea and generated by Pilot Wave — took part in a select number of Zoom pitches, accompanied by Jenkins, Roven and Varsano, with Kalogridis laying out the beats of an epic story that is based on the research she did after Gadot enlisted her. The deal is more than a development pact. There is an accelerated timetable and Paramount prevailed because the studio — led by Watts and chairman/CEO Jim Gianopulos — created an urgency to mount a big budget theatrical release film as quickly as possible. Kalogridis, whose credits include Alexander, Shutter Island, and most recently Alita: Battle Angel, will begin writing immediately, with Gadot, Jenkins, Roven and Varsano helping to shape a narrative they all hope might be the next film together for Gadot and Jenkins, who teamed on two Wonder Woman films. The Egyptian queen’s tale has all the makings of a big female empowerment story, told by women. She was mostly played as a seductress by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 Joseph Mankiewicz-directed Cleopatra. That film cost more than any film to date and despite winning four of the nine Oscars for which it was nominated and being a big hit at the box office, Cleopatra nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox. Despite that, Hollywood has continued its infatuation with the Queen of the Nile. Sony Pictures and producers Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin have for years developed an adaptation of the Stacy Schiff biography Cleopatra. Angelina Jolie was attached and Lady Gaga was later rumored for a possible coronation following her Oscar-nominated performance in A Star Is Born. The list of potential directors has included James Cameron, Denis Villenueve and David Fincher. The film has been through many rewrites, last from David Scarpa. I hear most recently that Eric Roth is working on it, meaning there might be a footrace here between Sony and Paramount to go first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 For the love of god, please,please,please re-create the 'being bathed by handmaidens in a bath of milk' scene with Gal Gadot.. I'd go see it for that alone.. Gal Gadot kimik, alexgross.com and Skunkboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgross.com Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Beige said: For the love of god, please,please,please re-create the 'being bathed by handmaidens in a bath of milk' scene with Gal Gadot.. I'd go see it for that alone.. Gal Gadot omg i could not agree more!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Does that mean there will finally be heat for the 'Classics Illustrated' comic featuring Cleopatra and Marc Anthony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 11:02 PM, aardvark88 said: Does that mean there will finally be heat for the 'Classics Illustrated' comic featuring Cleopatra and Marc Anthony? Put one up, call it a 1st appearance and anything can happen in this crazy market. aardvark88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 Quote Following the massive success of directing Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Kari Skogland looks to have found her next film project and will be teaming up with a fellow superhero in the process. Sources tell Deadline that Skogland is set to direct Paramount’s Cleopatra pic starring Gal Gadot. Skogland steps in for Patty Jenkins, who was attached to direct and is pivoting to a producing role. Jenkins fell off as director so she could focus on her next two projects, Wonder Woman 3 and Rogue Squadron. Paramount won the rights to the hot package last fall with the biographical drama scripted by Laeta Kalogridis. The film will be produced by Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven, Jenkins, Gadot and her Pilot Wave Motion Pictures partner Jaron Varsano. Kalogridis will be the exec producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Quote EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing from sources that Universal is circling Cleopatra, the Gal Gadot epic which was set up at Paramount with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier EP/director Kari Skogland helming the project. While interested in the project still, Paramount was not prepared to meet the timeline that the creative elements necessitated. Deadline first told you about the project being set up at Paramount with Gadot, Jenkins and Skogland. No deals are in place at Universal. The package is produced by Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven, Gal Gadot and her Pilot Wave Motion Pictures partner Jaron Varsano. Laeta Kalogridis wrote the screenplay and is serving as EP. Wonder Woman filmmaker Patty Jenkins is also an EP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I don't get Gadots continual use of Patty Jenkins Surely WW84 was enough of a clue. Mind you, if they recreate this scene, I'd imagine it would do rather well..... kimik, media_junkie and Bosco685 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...