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‘Cleopatra’ Series In The Works At Slingshot Global Media
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David Ellender’s Slingshot Global Media is developing Cleopatra as a TV series with Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
attached to write and direct. Slingshot Global will distribute the
series. A search is underway for an actress to play the famous queen of
ancient Egypt.
The
series will be a new take on the life story of Cleopatra. Instead of
focusing on the arch seductress made famous by her affairs with men like
Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the show will highlight the opposite –
that these men were famous because of her. It will follow the narrative
of an 18-year-old girl who came to be a pharaoh and a queen – a woman
who was brighter, more intelligent, richer and a better administrator
and ruler than the men of her time. The series will reimagine
Cleopatra’s history, reinventing her as the modern woman, a woman that
understood the power of myth and turned herself into a myth, constantly
reinventing herself. It will highlight her great loves and her survival
in the face of repeated assassination attempts, which made her one of
the most dangerous, yet most powerful, thrones of all time.
“Cleopatra is probably the most famous and the least known/understood figure in all of time,” said Kapur. “Her life will reflect a modern-day parable of our lives today.”
The
series will be a new take on the life story of Cleopatra. Instead of
focusing on the arch seductress made famous by her affairs with men like
Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the show will highlight the opposite –
that these men were famous because of her. It will follow the narrative
of an 18-year-old girl who came to be a pharaoh and a queen – a woman
who was brighter, more intelligent, richer and a better administrator
and ruler than the men of her time. The series will reimagine
Cleopatra’s history, reinventing her as the modern woman, a woman that
understood the power of myth and turned herself into a myth, constantly
reinventing herself. It will highlight her great loves and her survival
in the face of repeated assassination attempts, which made her one of
the most dangerous, yet most powerful, thrones of all time.“Cleopatra is probably the most famous and the least known/understood figure in all of time,” said Kapur. “Her life will reflect a modern-day parable of our lives today.”
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