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Leonardo Da Vinci to go all Indiana Jones on the big screen
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:43 pm
by Roy Mustang
Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever
Sci Fi Wire wrote:We could buy turning Sherlock Holmes into an action-adventure hero. But Leonardo da Vinci, the man who painted "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"? That we'll have to see to believe.
Which is exactly what Warner Brothers is hoping we'll want to do, because 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. Askarieh came up with the original idea and wrote the treatment, and a search for a writer is now under way.
In addition to being a painter, Leonardo was also an inventor, engineer, architect and mathematician, so the project re-imagines him as a member of a secret society who falls headlong into a supernatural adventure that pits him against biblical demons in a story involving secret codes, lost civilizations, hidden fortresses and fallen angels.
The Hollywood Reporter is calling it National Treasure and Raiders of the Lost Ark by way of Clash of the Titans.
Are you ready to see Leonardo kick butt on the big screen?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:50 pm
by ShiroiHikari
This is the weirdest thing I've heard all day.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:55 pm
by Warrior 4 Jesus
It does sound strange but with the combined knowledge of Leonardo Da Vinci and a story involving secret societies and fighting demons, I don't know. It might just rock!
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:19 pm
by rocklobster
someone's been reading Dan Brown again.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:22 pm
by bigsleepj
This can either be awesome of horrible. We'll have to see.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:35 pm
by Radical Dreamer
I have no idea what to think about this. XDD
I guess we'll just have to wait and see! What an odd idea for a story, though! XD Leonardo da Vinci was way too busy being really smart and being really, really good at painting to have time for adventures! XD
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:49 pm
by ScalpelFactory
Seriously, Leonardo is fascinating. I'm taking a Renaissance Art class right now, and he was quite well-rounded. I don't see any need to make him more 'high-octane' than he really was, however. That's just silly.
My favorite part about Master da Vinci was that he was too busy trying everything and exploring possibilities, that his actual body of finished work is relatively small. XD Gotta love a guy who's pulled in so many creative directions that he can barely choose. ^_^
PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:12 pm
by Jingo Jaden
PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:31 pm
by KagayakiWashi
This movie sounds right up my alley.
PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:38 pm
by wildpurplechild
Leonardo Di Caprio should be cast as Da Vinci XD
PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:48 pm
by Bobtheduck
rocklobster (post: 1380467) wrote:someone's been reading Dan Brown again.
That's what I was thinking too, except Dan Brown's version wasn't quite as cool as that.
