Anthony Hopkins Joins Gladiator Drama

Peacock has introduced that Oscar-winning veteran actor Anthony Hopkins has signed on for a key position in Roland Emmerich’s forthcoming gladiator drama These About to Die. Hopkins shall be enjoying the foremost character of Vespasian, the Emperor of Rome and head of the Flavian bloodline. This marks Hopkins’ first main TV collection in 4 years since making his final look as Dr. Robert Ford throughout the second season of the sci-fi drama Westworld.

Vespasian’s character description describes the character as “battle examined, a rural upstart who claimed his throne after victory in a bloody ten-year civil conflict. He’s growing old and is despised by the Patricians jockeying for place within the Empire and seeking to supplant his heirs to the throne the primary probability they get.”

These About to Die shall be government produced and directed by Emmerich via his Centropolis Leisure banner and Saving Non-public Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, who shall be writing the screenplay based mostly on Daniel Mannix’s nonfiction guide of the identical title. Manufacturing is predicted to start this yr in Italy.

“It’s an epic drama set within the complicated and corrupt world of spectacle-driven gladiatorial competitors,” reads the synopsis. “The collection introduces an ensemble of numerous characters from all elements of Roman society who collide on the intersection of sports activities, politics and dynasties of the traditional world.”

These About to Die marks Emmerich’s first TV undertaking in a decade since making his tv directorial debut in 2012 with Darkish Horse. He’s greatest identified for steering catastrophe survival movies like Common Soldier, Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and Moonfall.

Further government producers are Gianni Nunnari, Harald Kloser, Herbert G. Kloiber, Oliver Berben, Martin Moszkowicz, Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz, and Jonas Bauer. It’s a manufacturing by AGC Studios, with Centropolis Leisure, Hollywood Gang Productions and Avenue Leisure producing.