Pompeii on big screen!!! Polanski direct!!!

[Mithrandir01]

From Variety:

Roman Polanski (The Pianist, Oliver Twist) will next direct Pompeii, a dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of Mt. Vesuvius just before and during its eruption. The budget is projected to be $130 million.

The film is based on the bestseller of the same name by "Fatherland" novelist Robert Harris, who is writing the script. Filming will begin in Italy this summer.

The story's protagonist is a young engineer who has to repair an enormous aqueduct whose destruction threatens the Roman Empire. He finds himself enmeshed in politics and romance.

The film takes place over three days and the final act is the volcanic eruption and the destruction of the aqueduct, which stretched 60 miles and served hundreds of thousands of people.

And I say WHOO_AH!!!

[michalz00]

I was about to post that news

Damn! This sounds interesting. 130 million movie by Roman Polanski! Must see for me!

[st39.6]

yeah, was just writing a news bout dat on my webpage. Its interesting that he managed to get 130 mils from sponsor sources without even having a distribution placement in US....
I hope this´ll b good and not as overseen as Formans Goya´s ghosts are ....

[Mithrandir01]

Damn! This sounds interesting. 130 million movie by Roman Polanski! Must see for me!

This must be brilliant made, intelligent movie with great action! I know Polanski can do something like this!

[Jax]

Great action?? If you say Roman Polanski then action is the last thing I would think of.

[michalz00]

Great action?? If you say Roman Polanski then action is the last thing I would think of.

Maybe not "great action" but some stunning visuals!

[Mithrandir01]

Great action?? If you say Roman Polanski then action is the last thing I would think of.

Oh. Not in Bay/Spielberg/Jackson way...

[st39.6]

there´s nothing common in action of neither of those three m8