{"id":32258,"date":"2015-05-22T11:17:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=32258"},"modified":"2015-05-22T11:42:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:42:34","slug":"lionsgate-sees-franchise-potential-in-homers-epic-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/05\/lionsgate-sees-franchise-potential-in-homers-epic-poems.html","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate sees “franchise” potential in Homer’s epic poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"troy-seanbean-a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It took ten years for the Greek hero Odysseus to come home from the Trojan War, and if Lionsgate has its way, it could take that long to tell his story on the big screen.<\/p>\n

The studio behind Twilight<\/a><\/i>, Divergent<\/a><\/i> and The Hunger Games<\/a><\/i> announced last month<\/a> that it was working on an adaptation of Homer\u2019s epic poem The Odyssey<\/i>, and this morning, in a conference call, they revealed that they might make it a multi-movie \u201cfranchise\u201d that is also partly based on Homer\u2019s other<\/i> epic poem The Iliad<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have high goals for this one\u2026.we\u2019re feeling very, very bullish,\u201d Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairman Rob Friedman told analysts this morning as execs talked up the financial opportunities for the recently announced epic film from veterans of the studio\u2019s hit Hunger Games<\/i> franchise.<\/p>\n

Indeed, CEO Jon Feltheimer says that Lionsgate\u2019s deal for The Odyssey<\/i> with director Francis Lawrence \u201ccontemplates more than one movie.\u201d And Friedman noted that \u201cthere\u2019s also this wonderful book called The Iliad<\/i>, so we\u2019ve been thinking about the opportunities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Feltheimer added that they expect the series to be popular overseas, and particularly in Latin America.<\/p>\n

It is not clear to me whether they plan to split The Odyssey<\/i> into multiple installments a la The Hobbit<\/i>, or whether they are thinking of doing sequels to Homer\u2019s epic. (Odysseus has to fight his way home again\u2026 and again\u2026 and again\u2026)<\/p>\n

I also wonder what sense it would make to adapt The Odyssey<\/i> first and then<\/i> adapt The Iliad<\/i>, which seems to be the way they\u2019ve prioritized things here.<\/p>\n

Ah well, bring it on, I say. <\/p>\n

And yes, I am going to keep posting that picture of Sean Bean as Odysseus in Troy<\/a><\/i> \u2014 the most recent major adaptation of Homer\u2019s epic poems \u2014 until someone casts him in one of these movies or we get an actual picture from the set or something.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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