8:02 pm - 08/11/2012
If we can’t get Rome back on HBO, would a series about Cleopatra do?
NBC is developing a drama about the infamous queen of Egypt. (Talk about your period dramas!) Penned by Michael Seitzman (North Country), the project is from Lorenzo Di Bonaventura Pictures and ABC Studios. As first reported by Deadline, NBC has ordered a put pilot — TV speak for a project that must air, lest the net wants to pay substantial penalty fees.
The last time Cleopatra showed up on TV was in the HBO drama Rome, which featured Lyndsey Marshal in the recurring role. Cleopatra has always been depicted as an incredible and sexy beauty, so the search for perfect actress should be a fascinating one. (Though seriously, doesn’t this seem like a role made for Homeland’s MorenaBaccharin Baccarin?)
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NBC developing drama about Cleopatra
If we can’t get Rome back on HBO, would a series about Cleopatra do?
NBC is developing a drama about the infamous queen of Egypt. (Talk about your period dramas!) Penned by Michael Seitzman (North Country), the project is from Lorenzo Di Bonaventura Pictures and ABC Studios. As first reported by Deadline, NBC has ordered a put pilot — TV speak for a project that must air, lest the net wants to pay substantial penalty fees.
The last time Cleopatra showed up on TV was in the HBO drama Rome, which featured Lyndsey Marshal in the recurring role. Cleopatra has always been depicted as an incredible and sexy beauty, so the search for perfect actress should be a fascinating one. (Though seriously, doesn’t this seem like a role made for Homeland’s Morena
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I love Cleopatra!
...made for Lifetime movie.
nbc should just get her to star if x factor doesn't work out for her
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(I love Liz Taylor but please, it's 2012 now)
All I know is that Egypt had people of many different ethnicities and origins, and NBC sure as hell will NOT be showing this.
I have heard that Cleopatra was the first of the Ptolemies to actually attempt to embrace her people and their culture. That doesn't mean she wasn't part Egyptian, but I also have trouble completely disregarding the idea of that she was completely or mostly Greek.
(Okay, maybe "embrace" isn't the right word, but she was trying to gain their acceptance on some level, it seems.)
Edited at 2012-08-12 04:10 am (UTC)
Edited at 2012-08-12 01:13 am (UTC)
The only people fit to play Cleopatra in my headcanon are Elizabeth Taylor and Gina Torres.
Edited at 2012-08-12 01:13 am (UTC)
gpoy
Edited at 2012-08-12 01:20 am (UTC)
I think you want this post http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/71