The reboot trend continues! Recently, we learned that this cult western will be getting a remake, and it won’t be the only masterpiece of the Seventh Art to get a (useless) facelift in the years to come. A multi-Oscar winning war film will also be returning to our screens, this time in the form of a series.
This masterpiece returns as a three-season series
One of the greatest films in the history of cinema, and more particularly of the 60s, is going to get a makeover. An American director and producer Well known for his disaster movies, Roland Emmerichhas indeed confided to our colleagues at the Hollywood Reporter that he has always dreamed of to seize the story of Lawrence d’Arabie ! This famous adaptation of the autobiographical story The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, signed David Lean, won a shower of Oscars (7!) in 1963The cast includes some of the biggest names of this generation of actors: Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn. Roland Emmerich, whose series Those About to Die divided the spectators, is tackling a real challenge here…
In the coming weeks, Roland Emmerich and Anthony McCarten, the screenwriter of Bohemian Rhapsody, will present the project to potential partners. The duo envisions a prestigious three-season series, with Anthony McCarten hoping to write the entire first season. According to the director, there will be a few more characters in his versionwhich, if it is based on his previous films (Independence Day, 2012, The Day After), will also be packed with epic special effects. His series could tell two storiess using a “current timeline” and one “past timeline“, like the Godfather IIin 1974, which explored the rise of Vito Corelione through flashbacks, and the story of his son Michael Corelione.
And you, what do you think of this project?
Source: hitek.fr
