Last Supper Hero?
It’s Warner Bros. in particular who is looking to make the famous painter, inventor and mathematician into an action hero of sorts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The studio has picked up a treatment titled ‘Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever’ from producer Adrian Askarieh, who is teaming with Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Doug Davison.” I hope they work on that title. Lee and Davison previously executive produced Warner Bros. The Departed and Askarieh is currently working on Jonny Quest for the studio.
Askarieh is the one who came up with the idea (so blame him) and Warners is now searching for a writer for, I assure you, a most thrilling plot. “The project re-imagines Da Vinci as a member of a secret society who falls headlong into a supernatural adventure that pits the man against Biblical demons in a story involving secret codes, lost civilizations, hidden fortresses and fallen angels.” Can’t you just hear the trailer now? I, for one, am in but only if they have da Vinci using one of these on his adventures.
THR says Warners seems eager to make more films involving “a period setting, a historical figure and the fantastical,” because of the tremendous success of Sherlock Holmes. Fair enough but I’m a little concerned about their next feature. “Last week, the studio picked up a pitch that has Francis Lawrence attached to direct a supernatural tale featuring explorer Marco Polo.”
Your idea about Marco Polo is clearly a winner.
Kids are going to start watching these films and believe these events are all true aren't they? They'll go into class and be all 'Wait, Leonardo da Vinci didn't fight demons? My history project is all wrong then…'
Leonardo DaVinci plays a large role in Assassin's Creed 2. Obviously someone had an epiphany while playing the game.
Dude! This is such a stolen concept. Am I the only one who remembers the epside of "The Tick" Animated Series on Fox titled "Leonardo DaVinci and his Fightin' Genius Time Commandos"? :) http://www.thetick.ws/car18.html
that last paragraph is the best thing you've ever written
With the success of Uncharted 2, a Marco Polo movie doesn't surprise me at all.
That last paragraph has made my morning. Thanks.