The long-gestating project is one step closer to production.
Sony’s long-embattled Cleopatra movie looks like it could be back on track with the addition of Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve.
The Arrival helmer is in talks to direct the project from producers Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal via their Scott Rudin Productions and Pascal Pictures banner.
The movie is based on the Stacy Schiff best-selling book Cleopatra: A Life, which paints the Egyptian ruler as a shrewd negotiator and powerful female figure that shaped human history in her short life. David Scarpa (The Day the Earth Stood Still) penned the screenplay.
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