EXCLUSIVE: Virtually 25 years after Russell Crowe waged conflict on the Roman Empire — and received an Oscar for his hassle — in Gladiator, the actor is as soon as once more set to stir the warrior inside for The Final Druid.
The film will inform the story of a Roman Emperor who discovers a secluded Druid stronghold within the mountains of Caledonia. A peaceable Celtic elder (Crowe) should take up arms to guard his household and folks from annihilation. Extra casting is underway.
Stuart Ford’s AGC is launching gross sales on the venture for the AFM. Vary Media Companions and CAA Media Finance organized financing for the image with Nostromo and are representing the U.S. rights.
Will Eubank (Underwater) is ready to direct from a script he penned with Phil Gawthorne.
42’s Ben Pugh is producing alongside Vary Media Companions’ Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, with Adrián Guerra additionally producing for Nostromo. Felix Farmer’s Brandon Millan and Sam Wasson will executive-produce alongside George Hsieh.
Crowe will subsequent be seen in Sony’s Kraven the Hunter and the buzzed-about historic drama Nuremberg.
Eubank made his directorial debut in 2011 with the science fiction drama Love. He has additionally directed The Sign for Focus Options, starring Brenton Thwaites and Olivia Cooke; Underwater, starring Kristen Stewart and Vincent Cassel for Twentieth Century Fox; Paranormal Exercise: Subsequent of Kin starring Emily Bader for Paramount+; and Land of Unhealthy with Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe. He’ll subsequent direct thriller The Epiphany, starring Sylvester Stallone, which is because of shoot early subsequent yr, additionally for AGC.
42’s upcoming tasks embody the thriller The Guess for Warner Bros.; Andrew Sodroski thriller Off Seasons for Apple TV+; Rupert Wyatt’s Boxman for Lionsgate; and The Penguin Classes starring Jonathan Pryce and Steve Coogan.
Crowe is repped by Brillstein Leisure Companions and Goodman, Genow. Eubank is represented by CAA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Gawthorne is repped by Vary Media Companions and Ziffren Brittenham.
