Hollywood’s plans for a trilogy based on Conn Iggulden’s Emperor books highlights a growing appetite among cinema audiences for bigger, longer stories
Only a few years ago, the idea that Hollywood would commit to making not one but a trilogy of big-budget films based on source material would have been almost unthinkable. But it’s been announced that Conn Iggulden’s popular but relatively modest Emperor trilogy about Julius Caesar is to be adapted by Lionsgate over three films.
Since Marvel announced its gargantuan five-year plan for its third phase of releases, the game has changed in Hollywood. Where before sequels would generally be left open as a possibility dependent on the success of the original, now they are planned years in advance, with each film being shot in the knowledge that another would follow it.
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Only a few years ago, the idea that Hollywood would commit to making not one but a trilogy of big-budget films based on source material would have been almost unthinkable. But it’s been announced that Conn Iggulden’s popular but relatively modest Emperor trilogy about Julius Caesar is to be adapted by Lionsgate over three films.
Since Marvel announced its gargantuan five-year plan for its third phase of releases, the game has changed in Hollywood. Where before sequels would generally be left open as a possibility dependent on the success of the original, now they are planned years in advance, with each film being shot in the knowledge that another would follow it.
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- 8/31/2015
- by Stephen Puddicombe
- The Guardian - Film News
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