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Luxembourger
05-27-2004, 07:58 PM
Can anyone confirm if those rumors are correct?

Di Caprio will play Alexander the Great?


if that s true the movie will then be doomed, I am sorry but for me he is the worst actor
Vance
05-27-2004, 08:03 PM
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/alexander/large.html

Hmm...different movie? It's with Colin Farrell
gaz
05-27-2004, 08:03 PM
There are two rival projects on the go, the first is "Alexander" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346491/), directed by Oliver Stone and with Colin Farrel in the lead role while the secon is entitled "Alexander the Great" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327405/), directed by Baz Luhrmann and will star Leonardo DiCappucino in the titular role.
Ratamacue
05-27-2004, 08:07 PM
Both Farrell and DiCaprio are pretty-boys but of the two of them, I think that Farrell would do a better job. If "Alexander" is a success, then "Alexander the Great" will probably flop as well.
Luxembourger
05-27-2004, 08:09 PM
ok thanks

well strange enough to make 2 movies about the same issue
how come ?
Ratamacue
05-27-2004, 08:14 PM
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/alexander/

Trailer for "Alexander."
gaz
05-27-2004, 08:16 PM
Generally speaking I would imagine a bidding war breaks out between two studios over one good story/script, the loser of the bidding war still wants a piece of the pie though and then buys up something as close to it as they can find.

Eg - "Dantes Peak" and "Volcano" were released in the same year, as were "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" as well as "Wyatt Earp" and "Tombstone".

One notable time this didn't happen though was when one studio bought the rights to "The tower" and another one bought "The Glass Inferno". The studios decided to team up and make "The Towering Inferno".
cut
05-27-2004, 08:17 PM
this has been known for ages originally the two alexander films were going to come out at the same time, but baz luhrman decided to delay his until next year.

Leo as a warrior WTF?
Luxembourger
05-27-2004, 08:22 PM
The Towering Inferno

10 yeARS ago I went to london to buy that movie on tape

couldn t find it . great mvoie

di caprio as a warrior , my god no !
FuturePara
05-27-2004, 09:48 PM
Who better to portray the homo****** side of Alexander then Leo?
rofl
elguapo
05-27-2004, 09:57 PM
metro****** to be precise.... and back then man had to be real MAN to take it up the a$$ so Leo is not good for that role :D
scm77
05-27-2004, 10:12 PM
di caprio as a warrior , my god no !
Didn't you see how much ass he kicked in...Titanic? :lol:
Ria
05-27-2004, 10:18 PM
Hmm...directed by Baz..that should be interesting :)

And regarding Leo, yeah, he is thought of as a pretty boy, but he's a great actor IMO. I guess I can kind of picture him as a warrior, but we'll see...
Mr Gently Benevolent
05-28-2004, 01:56 AM
Some local guy is going to play the young Alexander I forget his name but it might be Heughan.
Ratamacue
05-28-2004, 02:00 AM
Hmm...directed by Baz..that should be interesting :)

And regarding Leo, yeah, he is thought of as a pretty boy, but he's a great actor IMO. I guess I can kind of picture him as a warrior, but we'll see...

The problem with DiCaprio is that he looks like a child and doesn't have the look not the voice that commands the respect of one of the greatest military leaders in history.
Mark Sman
05-28-2004, 02:33 AM
Alexander was supposed to be short and small, but he was also reputed to be brave in battle.

After Troy (and the elimination of the gods from the story :bash: ) I am now building my own pile of offerings and sacrfices that Hollywood may be smote by the Aegis bearing presence from Olympus.

Or I'll just wait to see Alexpander on cable. Whichever.
FRO
05-28-2004, 09:09 AM
After Troy (and the elimination of the gods from the story :bash: ) I am now building my own pile of offerings and sacrfices that Hollywood may be smote by the Aegis bearing presence from Olympus.

Or I'll just wait to see Alexpander on cable. Whichever.

I vote for the former. While I don't have any virgins handy, I do have half a cheese sandwich which I'd be willing to add to the offerings. Let me know if you need it.
2Sheds_Jackson
05-28-2004, 11:08 AM
If I remember right, William Shatner played Alexander for quite a while on stage, just before he landed his Kirk gig. I can just see him barking orders with that classic rapid-fire/halting Shatneresque delivery;

"I said I've....got to cut the Gordian knot, do you hear?"