NEIL MARSHALL has written and is already directing his new film -(let's remember MARSHALL has been one of the mentioned possible directors for the Nu Image CONAN film project).

Man, I hope he doesn't get as puerile as in "Dog Soldiers", his "Descent" was excellent but mostly because the depiction of characters and action was mature oriented.

Quote:

Plot: The British-set sword and sandals thriller, set during the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 117, details the story of Quintus Dias, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, who marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon.

Bad new (imo) is he is getting the VERY SAME way modern epics take:

Quote:

NEIL MARSHALL: It's not meant to be historically perfect. I'm picking up on a legend and exploring it... it's an action thriller.

So, that means he is gonna do the fuck he wants to, lacking in credibility and allowing to expand the video-game like features Cromulus mentioned.

For me, the ONLY TRUE reason to not be historically accurate is being an incult and not having (or not wanting) to spend the time and money in a serious research. Fuck that. Give the project to someone who knows what the age was about... It's normal that the young audiences don't ask for historical facts, they should not demand education, education is (or should be) a responsability of the media. Of course young guys only demand fun, but you can get both and is much more enjoyable imo. Funny thing is the actual generation is growing believing ancient Greeks used giant chains as weapons and the Piramids of Gizeh were built while mammooths and sabretooth roamed around... I fucking know I talk like a grandpa, but any teen will admit he doesn't know shit about history and also, that he doesn't care.


Well, after that, these pics of CENTURION shows the movie is not bad at all, least in clothing:












And a couple of images of the movie:



Is being filmed in ENGLAND. One thing I really like about MARSHALL is how he shots the landscapes and photographs the natural enviroments. He isn't a CGI freak and that is great for me.

In a film like this the computer can add hundreds of soldiers like in "Lord Of The Rings" or the BBC film "Attilla The Hun" - nobody could afford that many extras, so a computer can b a good thing if they dont overuse it.

Nothing against computers. Everything about bad directors.