For a historical figure who's empire once spanned almost all of Asia and parts of Europe, Attila the Hun has received little play on the big screen. That's going to change if screenwriter Nicholas Schoenfeld* has anything to say about it."Deadline" reports that Warner Bros. has picked up Schoenfeld's script based on the fifth century warrior. The film, titled simply Attila, will portray the conqueror's life as tragically romantic. Interesting considering Attila was quite the vicious and blood thirsty character. You kind of have to look at the times too where life came a lot cheaper I guess.
The project is in the very early stages of pre-production, but I can see this becoming a massive historical epic in the vein of Braveheart. Let's just hope Dwayne Johnson isn't cast in the title role.
*Schoenfeld also has a movie coming out called Lady of Blood and Fury that reinterprets Macbeth with Lady Macbeth being in the lead. Now that sounds pretty awesome.
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