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Winstone joins Soderbergh's 'Cleo' musical
The Screening Log —
Ray Winstone is set to play Julius Caesar in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming rock 'n' roll musical about Cleopatra, according to MTV.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is already on board as the lead actress, with Hugh Jackman in final negotiations to star as Marc Antony.
Rock band Guided by Voices wrote the music, with James Greer penning the script for the film, which is reportedly budgeted at $30 million.
So what else did Soderbergh say about this extravagant project? “I’ve always wanted to do a musical. All the ones that ...
Ray Winstone Joins Soderbergh’s Cleo
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... While talking with MTV, Steven Soderbergh revealed that Ray Winstone (Beowulf) will play Julius Ceaser in the filmmaker’s upcoming Cleopatra musical, Cleo. ...
Ray Winstone Cast As Caesar In Soderbergh's "Tommy Meets Viva Las Vegas" Cleopatra Musical
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... .’ During my research it appeared that most were female driven. So I started thinking about female protagonists. I was thinking about Catherine. It doesn’t take too long to think about Catherine and famous female historical figures to get to get to Cleopatra.” The film starts shooting in April. [MTV] ...
Newsbites: The history and religion edition!
FilmChat —
... , Steven Soderbergh's 3-D rock opera starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Cleopatra and Hugh Jackman as Mark Antony. Soderbergh describes the film as "historically pretty accurate but its sort of like ‘Viva Las Vegas’ meets ‘Tommy.’” -- MTV Movies Blog ...
Ray Winstone -- Hollywood's Singing Caesar
Cinematical —
In October, Eric D. Snider shared the wildly strange and awesome news that Steven Soderbergh was following uber-long biopics with a rock-singing Cleopatra in three dimensions. Soderbergh had set his sights on two unsurprising leads -- Catherine Zeta Jones and Hugh Jackman (Marc Antony). But that left one major hole to fill -- the sandals of Caesar himself. According to MTV, that honor will be given to Ray motherfrakking Winstone. The thought of him playing the iconic figure in a rock opera -- it just sounds too good to be true. Anyhow, the ...
Hail Caesar Winstone!
Cinema Blend News —
... a project the director is calling Viva Las Vegas meets Tommy . Im actually glad to hear him using a comparison that absurd - it means the project is really going to be as outlandish as it sounds conceptually. The Catherine Zeta-Jones / Hugh Jackman project has another name added to the mix, to play one of the most famous rulers of all time. Ray Winstone ( Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ) has joined the project as Julius Caesar, Soderbergh announced to MTV Movies Blog . He also reminded us that Jackman isnt 100% official yet, with the ...
Ray Winstone joins Cleopatra
Filmstalker —
... as Julius Caesar. MTV spoke to Soderbergh and got some idea of how he came to be making this film: I’ve always wanted to do a musical. All the ones that were coming along just weren’t for me. I wanted to do a real rock n roll musical like ‘Tommy.’ During my research it appeared that most were female driven. So I started thinking about female protagonists. I was thinking about Catherine. It doesn’t take too long to think about Catherine and famous female historical figures to get to get to Cleopatra. The music in the rock and roll version will be supplied by Guided by Voices. ...
