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Alle Infos zu TROJA, dem aktuellen Film-Projekt des Regisseurs Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT) nach einem Drehbuch von David Benioff. Es handelt sich um eine Adaption der klassischen Geschichte der Illias: dem trojanischen Krieg und der Feindschaft zwischen Achilles und Hektor. Der Film wird von Warner Bros. und Village Roadshow Pictures für rund 140 Millionen Dollar produziert und die Dreharbeiten sollen am 22. April 2003 in London beginnen
Wolfgang Petersen neuestes Projekt "TROY" (soll 2004 erscheinen) klingt ja sehr vielversprechend. Die Geschichte über den trojanischen Krieg sollte wohl jedem bekannt sein:
In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris (Bloom) of Troy stole the beautiful Greek woman, Helen, away from her husband, Menelaus, the king of Sparta, setting the two nations at war with each other, as the Greeks began a bloody siege of Troy using their entire armada, led by Achilles (Pitt), that lasted over a decade... (Bana plays Hector, the leader of the Trojan forces; Byrne plays Briseis, a Trojan slave and cousin of Hector and Paris who is given to Achilles as a gift.
Wann und Wo wird gefilmt?:
Production is scheduled to start on April 22nd, 2003 on a budget of $100+ million. The bulk of the filming was originally expected to be done in Morocco, but the production is now looking at other locations because of the possible war in the Middle East during April and May, with Baja Mexico being one top contender. The production will then move to locations and sets in Malta and the United Kingdom in July and August.
Interessant finde ich auf jeden Fall die Cast des Filmes:
Cast: Brad Pitt (Achilles), Eric Bana (Prince Hector of Troy), Orlando Bloom (Prince Paris of Troy), Sean Bean (Odysseus), Rose Byrne (Briseis), Brian Cox (Agamemnon), Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole; other cast not announced yet.
Gut gefallen hat mir dieser erste, richtig informative Text, aus der "Entertainment Weekly":
Pack of Trojans
''Troy'' borrows epic luster from ''LOTR'' actors. Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean will be joining Brad Pitt in the Homeric saga by Gary Susman
When casting an epic, it apparently helps to have actors with epic experience. That seems to be why, in casting ''Troy,'' director Wolfgang Petersen is filling supporting roles with ''Lord of the Rings'' actors Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean, as well as two actors associated with the David Lean-directed epics of the 1960s, Peter O'Toole and Julie Christie, Variety reports.
Bloom will call upon the archery skills he displayed as Legolas in ''LOTR'' to play Paris, the Trojan prince who starts the war by abducting Helen, wife of the Spartan king Menelaus (Irish actor Brendan Gleeson, currently on screen in ''Dark Blue''). Bean, who played warrior Boromir in ''LOTR,'' will play wily Greek hero Odysseus, who is drafted along with Achilles (Brad Pitt) into the army led by Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon (''Adaptation'''s Brian Cox) to attack Troy.
O'Toole, who knows from war epics thanks to his starmaking role in Lean's ''Lawrence of Arabia,'' will play Priam, the Trojan king and father to Paris and Hector (''The Hulk'''s Eric Bana), rival of Achilles. Christie, who starred in Lean's ''Dr. Zhivago,'' will play Thetis, the nymph who is Achilles' mother, and who missed a crucial spot when dipping her infant son into the waters of immortality. Rounding out the cast is Saffron Burrows (''Deep Blue Sea'') as Hector's wife, Andromache, and Australian newcomer Rose Byrne as Briseis, the captive Trojan woman who comes between Agamemnon and Achilles.
Petersen, who is denying rumors that the production will delay its April start date or pull out of its Mediterranean locations (Morocco, Malta) over fears of real-life war in the Middle East, says he'll cast an unknown to play Helen, the woman with the face that launched a thousand ships. The ''Perfect Storm'' director says he's taking that thousand-ships thing literally. ''This is the best kind of epic because you are working on the grandest scale, with 1,000 ships and 75,000 people waging enormous battles,'' he tells Variety. ''But the core is emotional themes that Homer handled so well on a human scale.''
Petersen hat ja bisher nicht wirklich überzeugende Projekte abgeliefert. Obwohl "Das Boot" - (1981) und "In the Line of Fire" - (1993)wirklich überzeugen konnten. Aber alle anderen Filme von ihm hatten stellenweise wirklich große Schwächen. Ihm liegt hier wirklich eine großartige Geschichte zugrunde, hoffentlich kann er es bewerkstelligen es überzeugend darzustellen.
Eine offizielle Seite scheint es, meines Erachtens noch nicht zu geben, aber @ http://www.troja-derfilm.de/index.htm erfährt man schon einiges über den Film. Offiziell Casting Meldungen und auch Interviews mit Peterson uvm...
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