Ron Howard Boards Serpent and the Eagle
Source: Variety
March 23, 2005
Variety says that Paramount Pictures has acquired The Serpent and the Eagle, an epic project that Ron Howard will direct about the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1520.
The studio has set Brian Helgeland (Man on Fire, Mystic River) to write a new draft of the script. Howard's Imagine partner Brian Grazer will produce.
"Serpent" originated at Universal and Imagine acquired a script by Hans Beimler and Robert Wolfe that focused on how the Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez plundered the Aztec nation aided by an Aztec princess-turned-slave.
The trade adds that, though there is no clear timeframe for Howard to direct the film, the movie is considered one of his priority directing projects in the Imagine arsenal.
Source: Variety
March 23, 2005
Variety says that Paramount Pictures has acquired The Serpent and the Eagle, an epic project that Ron Howard will direct about the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1520.
The studio has set Brian Helgeland (Man on Fire, Mystic River) to write a new draft of the script. Howard's Imagine partner Brian Grazer will produce.
"Serpent" originated at Universal and Imagine acquired a script by Hans Beimler and Robert Wolfe that focused on how the Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez plundered the Aztec nation aided by an Aztec princess-turned-slave.
The trade adds that, though there is no clear timeframe for Howard to direct the film, the movie is considered one of his priority directing projects in the Imagine arsenal.
