That film package with Antoine Fuqua directing Will Smith in a Willam N. The Kitbag deal is at least on the financial scale of the one Apple Studios made last fall to acquire world rights to Emancipation.
NAPOLEON JOAQUIN PHOENIX MOVIE
The emphasis will not be on the volume coming from Netflix or Disney+ but that doesn’t mean Apple won’t step up for a fog cutting A list movie package to embellish its growing tastemaker slates for display on theatrical and Apple TV+. It is another big feature commitment for Apple, which under Apple Worldwide Video heads Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht is beginning to show how their slates will factor in the streaming ecosystem.
The intention of the film is to capture Napoleon’s famous battles, relentless ambition and astounding strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader and war visionary. The film’s title is derived from the saying “There is a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag.” The film is an original and personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
It’s a brilliant script written by David Scarpa, and today there’s no better partner than Apple to bring a story like this to a global audience.” “He created one of movie history’s most complex Emperors in Gladiator, and we’ll create another with his Napoleon. “No actor could ever embody Napoleon like Joaquin,” Scott said. Scott saw Phoenix’s ability to do something close to that when he directed him in the role of Roman leader Commodus in the 2000 Best Picture winning drama Gladiator. While Scott has long wanted to make a Napoleon film - and other great filmmakers like the late Stanley Kubrick also tried but did not succeed - key for Scott was having the right actor to capture the complexities of a character who brought a whole country to heel and used that power for his own conquering ambitions. He conquered the world to try to win her love, and when he couldn’t, he conquered it to destroy her, and destroyed himself in the process.”
“He came out of nowhere to rule everything - but all the while he was waging a romantic war with his adulterous wife Josephine. “Napoleon is a man I’ve always been fascinated by,” Scott told Deadline. Scott and Kevin Walsh will produce for Scott Free. International Insider: No Assurance Of Insurance Cannes Confidential Disney Woes Comedy In Cardiff Faroe Islands On The Map
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