Coming off the critical and box-office success enjoyed by The Equalizer 3, Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua look set to continue their longtime creative partnership for Netflix in an upcoming historical film.Per Deadline, Washington and Fuqua are developing a Netflix pic set in ancient Rome. The film will see Washington play Hannibal, the renowned Carthaginian general known for attacking Rome while perched atop an elephant. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter John Logan, known for his work on Gladiator and The Aviator, is penning the screenplay for the yet-to-be-titled flick. Reportedly, the project has been something Washington has wanted to do since the 2000s, but production stalled as Fox wanted to make the film when Washington didn’t want to be absent from his family for an extended period.The Netflix film will chronicle the key battles that Hannibal fought against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War between 218 and 201 B.C. Hannibal was known as a skilled military strategist having emerged from the Alps, and he posed a serious threat to the Roman Republic, leading his troops into what is now known as Tunisia, earning several notable victories that helped boost his legend. Fuqua’s production company, Hill District Media, is attached to the project, with the film coming under the company’s first-look deal with Netflix.The Equalizer 3 Director Antoine Fuqua Imagines Robert McCall Teaming Up with John Wick
Coming off the critical and box-office success enjoyed by The Equalizer 3, Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua look set to continue their longtime creative partnership for Netflix in an upcoming historical film.
Per Deadline, Washington and Fuqua are developing a Netflix pic set in ancient Rome. The film will see Washington play Hannibal, the renowned Carthaginian general known for attacking Rome while perched atop an elephant. Oscar-nominated scriptwriter John Logan, known for his work on Gladiator and The Aviator, is penning the screenplay for the yet-to-be-titled flick. Reportedly, the project has been something Washington has wanted to do since the 2000s, but production stalled as Fox wanted to make the film when Washington didn’t want to be absent from his family for an extended period.
The Netflix film will chronicle the key battles that Hannibal fought against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War between 218 and 201 B.C. Hannibal was known as a skilled military strategist having emerged from the Alps, and he posed a serious threat to the Roman Republic, leading his troops into what is now known as Tunisia, earning several notable victories that helped boost his legend. Fuqua’s production company, Hill District Media, is attached to the project, with the film coming under the company’s first-look deal with Netflix.
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