Hannibal in movies ?

[caesar44]

Is there any movie about Hannibal ? Did not find any .
Such a great story and Hollywood ignored it for decades , why ? Because he was not blonde ?
Or maybe there a movie about this great Semitic figure ?

[Incongruous]

Vin Diesel's version is coming out soon.

Thats right, the guy who brought like fifteen hundred tanks into Italy.
"Hannibal, what are we to do, the Romans are too many?
"Bring on the Hydrogen bomb!"

That's right its crammpacked with thin scripting, over done plot, non-existent acting and plenty of new age all American punch lines and Hannibals most famous saying "Yippy Key Yey Incompatible language"

Rated MR materialy retarted.

Still I'm not one to bash a movie before I've seen it.

[caesar44]

[AggonyDuck]

Well I've seen three movies with Hannibal in it.
The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Red Dragon....What a charming fella that Hannibal was.

[lars573]

Is there any movie about Hannibal ? Did not find any .
Such a great story and Hollywood ignored it for decades , why ? Because he was not blonde ?
Or maybe there a movie about this great Semitic figure ?

So you mean a movie about Hannibal Barca made in the last 40 odd years? Vin Diesel's version will be the first Hollywood and in english version of Hannibals story. There are 2 Italian versions, the first made by Mussolini's fascists in 1937 titled Scipione l'africano. And another Italian production from 1960 called Annibale.

[Meneldil]

There's going to be a Hannibal with vin Diesel ? We're doomed.

[lars573]

There's going to be a Hannibal with vin Diesel ? We're doomed.

It's worse than that it's not with Vin Diesel it's by Vin Diesel. He's going to (if it gets made) direct and star in it.

[Rodion Romanovich]

It's worse than that it's not with Vin Diesel it's by Vin Diesel. He's going to (if it gets made) direct and star in it.

Hopefully he'll play the roman commander in the battle of Trebia, then we get rid of him quickly unless they neglect historical accuracy more than usual

[lars573]

Hopefully he'll play the roman commander in the battle of Trebia, then we get rid of him quickly unless they neglect historical accuracy more than usual

You should be so lucky he's going to play Hannibal, but you assumed that any way didn't you.

[Steppe Merc]

Agreed. Vin Diesel is a horrible choice, but it has nothing to do with his height. It has everything to do with the fact he's Vin Diesel...

[GoreBag]

Agreed. Vin Diesel is a horrible choice, but it has nothing to do with his height. It has everything to do with the fact he's Vin Diesel...

But really, the guy's really short. It's pathetic.

[Meneldil]

Come on, Vin Diesel is Vin Diesel. As long as that's a proven fact, everything involving Vin Diesel will be totally crappy.

I can already see Hannibal shooting at some innocent Romans with a shotgun, kicking their butt with a 25th century sword and yelling 'outta my way, mother fu***'!'

[caesar44]

So you mean a movie about Hannibal Barca made in the last 40 odd years? Vin Diesel's version will be the first Hollywood and in english version of Hannibals story. There are 2 Italian versions, the first made by Mussolini's fascists in 1937 titled Scipione l'africano. And another Italian production from 1960 called Annibale.

Did you watch them ? (the 2 Italian versions)

[edyzmedieval]

Vin Diesel equals Cannae for the Romans.

[lars573]

Did you watch them ? (the 2 Italian versions)

No but I did find a trailer for the 1960 version, but I don't have time to post it now I got to go to work.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Do you guys mean this Vin Diesel?

In 2006, Vin Diesel will star and direct the film 'Hannibal', about Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian General who led an elephant-riding army across the alps to attack Rome in the 3rd century BC. The film is actually footage taken when Vin Diesel led the army himself hundreds of years ago, with the intent of releasing it as a film as soon as Earth technology caught up with his superior, home-made equipment.

[GoreBag]

These are hilarious.

[Reverend Joe]

I wish Lee Marvin was still alive- give him a hair dye, an eye patch, and a beard, and he would make the perfect Hannibal.