sp; E! OnlineUnofficially its been dead for nearly a year, but at last the big members involved are finally admitting to defeat.
E! Online reports that Baz Luhrmann has, at least temporarily pulled the plug on big-budget historical biopic on the Macedonian conquerer, according to reports in the British press.
Luhrmann decided to scrap the flick because he wanted to take a year off and spend more time with his production designer wife, Catherine Martin, and their new daughter.
The filmmaker had already forged ahead with preproduction, beginning work on the flick's digital effects, filming some background shots in the Himalayas, and even shooting a promo reel, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio in full gladiator garb, to hype Alexander the Great at last year's Cannes Film Festival. This was despite DiCaprio having not signed onto the film.
Oliver Stone's "Alexander" meanwhile with Colin Farrell as the famed conqueror continues forging ahead and for a release in early November.
Thanks to 'JTE'
