Some series just don’t get the respect they deserve. I was a huge fan of Arrested Development and then it got canceled because of low ratings, either that or Fox is being a usual a-hole. But now that the movie version is going to be developed, I’m glad to hear that another favorite of mine might get a theatrical version too.. nothing’s confirmed or official yet but a man can hope.
According to Hollywood Repoter, Producer Bruno Heller who we should thank for the awesome short-lived HBO historical-based drama ROME is thinking about bringing the tale to the big screen. There’s been talk about it, but talk is all there is right now..
The series only lasted for 2 seasons, the set was once admired for being very close to how Rome would’ve looked like back in those days. Everything about the production was done to look as authentic as possible. The gritty story, the detailed accounts of the culture, the murder, the deceit, the politics, the orgy, the war, the mobster, it was like a mix of Deadwood and The Sopranos but back in ancient times.
Even History Channel’s re-enactments couldn’t make a depiction that specific.
The story centered around two fictional best friends, Lucius and Titus Pullo but at the same time, you’d see the history of Rome unveiled before our eyes, you remember everything you’ve learned or heard of in your high school history class about Brutus, Julius Caesar, Marc Anthony, Cleopatra, their victory, their conflict, and their tragic fate.
Lucius was killed off in the second season but Pullo lived on.
The guy who played Titus Pullo, Ray Stevenson is now Frank Castle in the upcoming bloody action movie, PUNISHER: WAR ZONE. At the comic-con this year, the Lionsgate panel for the movie was filled with ROME fans, so all of us shouted “Titus Pullo!” and Ray Stevenson would smile and respond by giving the Rome trademark greeting signal. That was awesome!
The guy who plays Lucius, Kevin McKidd, hasn’t been getting the same luck, He was in the very short-lived NBC series Journeyman, he was in the lame medieval-themed movie The Legion, he was a supporting actor in Made of Honor, and now he has only recurring roles in ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.
Okay, back to the movie idea. No word yet on who might be cast in the movie version but Bruno Heller would not even discuss plot ideas for the movie. When he was doing the series, he had it in his mind that it might go for at least five seasons. Third and fourth season would be set in Egypt. Fifth was going to be the rise of the messiah in Palestine.
So there’s a big possibility,.. a big maybe.. that ROME Movie might have to do with the hedonistic Roman leaders dealing with the rise of a certain problematic rabbi… someone who’s got beard and can feed five thousand people and walk on water too.
