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The Blind King of Bohemia
11-07-2005, 11:14
From Coming Soon.net (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=11883):


Johansson to Play an Amazon Warrior
Source: Variety
November 7, 2005


Moshe Diamant's Signature Pictures has made a deal to finance Amazon, a vehicle for Scarlett Johansson to play a gladiatrix from 200 B.C. who exacts vengeance on an army that destroyed her homeland. Variety says that Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain will write the script.

The trade adds that the idea for Johansson to play an Amazon warrior came from the actress, who mentioned it to screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci while they worked together on The Island. That duo will produce with Melanie Johansson, Gilles Arondeau and Alexandra Milchan-Lambert.

They drafted Blackman and McCain, who just wrote Outlander, a period Viking saga that McCain will direct for Ascendant Pictures and The Weinstein Co.; production on that project starts next June in New Zealand.

Just when I thought historical films might be getting better....there you have it.

InsaneApache
11-07-2005, 11:27
At least there's some eye candy from Ms. Johansson...but you're right. Look on the bright side it can't get any worse!!!!

Rosacrux redux
11-07-2005, 11:28
There's been a flik telling more or less the same story... only that the Gladiattress (that's the name of the flick) was a satirical one - a parody sort of movie, quite funny in some moments.

Geesh, Troy was awful, Alexander was miserable, KoH was pathetic... only the Gladiator was modestly decent. So, nothing new here...

Adrian II
11-07-2005, 15:39
If only Mel 'It's good to be the King' Brooks weren't getting so old...
~:mecry: