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To: jalisco555; All
Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama "Rome."

It's already been done.

I somehow doubt that a movie about the Pax Romana under Augustus Caesar would be very interesting since nothing really happened during that time, up until Claudius was born.

7 posted on 12/06/2008 5:45:16 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Sure, the Tiberius years were very interesting. Mean, crazy women, carnage in the imperial family, wars and insurrections, basically the whole first section of Tacitus’s “Annals.” And Arminius’s massacre of Varus’s legions took place in Augustus’s reign. That would make a great film.


8 posted on 12/06/2008 5:49:14 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." ~Sam Brown)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

The whole Jewish rebellion subplot started off interesting but was abruptly truncated. Sounds like Heller had intended to do much more with it in the fifth season. Would be an interesting topic for a feature.


11 posted on 12/06/2008 5:53:31 AM PST by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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