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www.hollywoodreporter.com — The creator of CBS' red-hot procedural "The Mentalist" has unfinished business in Italy. Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama "Rome." "There is talk of doing a movie version," he said. "It's moving along. It's ...

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Morning Deal Report: "Rome" Redux?
The Screengrab — ... We never got those Deadwood movies (and never really wanted the Carnivale ones), but there is another extinct HBO drama that may see the light of theaters. “Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama Rome,” per The Hollywood Reporter. “Heller would not discuss plot ideas, but the original series outline for Rome next called for the hedonistic Roman leaders to deal with the rise of a certain problematic rabbi -- a story line that would have put a ...

Big-screen version of 'Rome' possible
The Screening Log — ... According to the Hollywood Reporter, Heller said plans for a movie version are being discussed, although nothing has been confirmed at this stage. ...

HBO's Rome Revitalized In Film Form
Cinema Blend News — ... places on other television shows. Kevin McKidd is on the soapy Grey’s Anatomy , Ray Stevenson is the new Punisher and Polly Walker will be in The Sci Fi Network’s anticipated BSG prequel, Caprica . Although McKidd’s character, Lucious, passed away in the final season, Heller suggests that he might return. “It was very deliberate that we saw him drifting away but didn't see him atop a funeral pyre." So where will the movie take us? From Egypt to the messiah, Heller explains to THR , "I discovered halfway through writing the second season the show was going to end. The ...

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I never saw the short-lived HBO series Rome (2005-2007), but I have long wanted to do so. And now I am more interested than ever, after reading an interview with series creator Bruno Heller in the Hollywood Reporter , in which he discusses how he hopes to wrap things up with a big-screen ...