Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington (Glory, Coaching Day, Fences) has signed on to star in director Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming movie at Netflix in regards to the historical warrior Hannibal, whom Washington will play. Fuqua beforehand directed Washington within the movies Coaching Day, The Magnificent Seven, and the Equalizer franchise. The movie might be written by John Logan, the three-time Academy Award winner who scribed Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator.
In keeping with the official logline, the historic film is “primarily based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who’s extensively thought to be one of many biggest navy commanders in historical past. The movie covers the pivotal battles he led towards the Roman Republic throughout the Second Punic Struggle.”
Hannibal invaded Italy whereas driving a Northern African conflict elephant. Beneath his lead, the Carthaginians received key victories towards the Romans, permitting Hannibal to occupy nearly all of southern Italy for 15 years. Finally, Hannibal was defeated by the Romans on the Battle of Zama after they counter-invaded North Africa.
Washington will subsequent be seen in one other conflict epic, the upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. That film needed to pause manufacturing in Morocco as a result of SAG-AFTRA strike, however the director not too long ago revealed he had been modifying 90 minutes of footage throughout the labor shutdown. Washington joins Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger and Pedro Pascal within the movie, at present dated for November 2024.
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