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| Claudius Movie Rights Bought by Scott Rudin |
| 09.06.07 (9:43 pm) [edit] |
September 5, 2007--Producer Scott Rudin has acquired screen rights to the Robert Graves historical novel "I, Claudius," for $2 million. It's expected that "The Departed" star Leonardo DiCaprio, and Oscar-winning scribe William Monahan will be attached.
DiCaprio has no deal in place, but the actor just worked with Rudin on the DreamWorks drama "Revolutionary Road." Rudin hasn't yet set the picture at a studio, but it may land at Disney--where he has a deal--and it could be made with Miramax and Touchstone. Rudin will produce with Alison Owen, with whom he produced "The Other Boleyn Girl."
Several studios fought for Graves's famed book about the Roman Empire as told through the eyes of Claudius, starting with the rise of Augustus Caesar to emperor in 24 B.C., and ending with the crowning of Nero in 54 A.D. The book featured all the attendant backstabbing, violence and debauchery that was part and parcel of the Roman ruling class.
Warner, Universal and Working Title were after the book. The movie rights held by Jim Sheridan had lapsed, and RWSH's Nick Harris and Graves' estate rep AP Watts brought the book back into the marketplace on behalf of the author's estate.
The BBC turned Graves's novel into an Emmy-winning 13-part miniseries in 1976, with Derek Jacobi playing Claudius, a man who hid his brilliance behind a stutter and a limp but wound up outsmarting his rivals to become emperor in 41 A.D.
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