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Tango0118 May 2016 12:09 p.m. PST

"Following 2001: A Space Odyssey, the great Stanley Kubrick tried and failed for years to make Napoleon, a film about the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. He wrote a screenplay, scouted locations, wanted Jack Nicholson to be his star, and even reportedly amassed approximately 50,000 men from the Romanian Army to participate in battle scenes. It eventually became one of those "famous films that never was," but in recent years Steven Spielberg announced his intention to work with Kubrick's family and adapt the film into a TV miniseries for HBO based on the screenplay. The filmmaker eyed The Great Gatsby helmer Baz Luhrmann to direct, but that too never came to be.

Now, it seems there's still hope for the film nobody got to see…"
See here
link

6 hour only?…

Amicalement
Armand

Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP18 May 2016 2:18 p.m. PST

John Milius, if he has recovered, would be a good director for the series.

FatherOfAllLogic19 May 2016 6:52 a.m. PST

"6 hour only?…"

There isn't much dialogue…..

And action scenes go by soooo fast.

Tango0119 May 2016 10:28 a.m. PST

Who could made a good Napo?…

Amicalement
Armand

Jefthing20 May 2016 4:15 p.m. PST

Joe Pesci.

42flanker21 May 2016 4:30 a.m. PST

How do you mean, "good.."?

Tango0121 May 2016 10:41 a.m. PST

Quite similar to the Emperor… of course…

Amicalement
Armand

42flanker21 May 2016 1:28 p.m. PST

Whadda you mean ‘good'?

‘Good' how? What's good about it ?

'Good' how?

Like I'm a Dictator? I impress you?
I make you impressed? I am here to Bleeped text*** impress you?

Clays Russians24 May 2016 3:19 p.m. PST

This has got to be better than the polyester epic from the mid 1990s!

HANS GRUBER24 May 2016 4:36 p.m. PST

That website brought down my computer. Proceed at your own risk.

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