9 January 2013 11:41 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The long-gestating biopic Cleopatra may have finally found a director, and it's a good ‘un. The project has been in development for a number of years with Angelina Jolie attached to star as the Egyptian queen. Both James Cameron and Paul Greengrass flirted with the idea of directing before ultimately moving on, and most recently David Fincher was attached to the project before dropping off last summer. The pic has a script by Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), based on Stacy Schiff’s book Cleopatra: A Life, and now another top-tier filmmaker is eyeing the gig: Ang Lee. Hit the jump for more details. Speaking with THR, Lee confirmed that he’s interested in helming the pic: “I’m about to read the script. It just feels right to me after all the other types of films I've done. What does it have in common with any of them? »
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