{"id":5636,"date":"2021-10-08T14:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:12:57","slug":"cary-joji-fukunaga-confirms-he-is-working-on-stanley-kubrick-napoleon-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=5636","title":{"rendered":"Cary Joji Fukunaga Confirms He is Still Working on Stanley Kubrick Napoleon Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As his blockbuster James Bond movie <strong><em>No Time to Die<\/em><\/strong> is set to hit theaters tomorrow, director Cary Joji Fukunaga has news about what\u2019s next on his docket. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/stanley-kubrick-napoleon-cary-joji-fukunaga-update-hbo\/\">Collider<\/a>, Fukunaga spoke about a long-awaited project about Napoleon Bonaparte, which was originally set to be made by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick back in 1969 with Jack Nicholson in the lead role. While the film was swiftly cancelled by MGM, it remains alive, with Steven Spielberg coming on board to turn the concept into a television series for HBO.<\/p>\n<p>Fukunaga shared that <strong><em>Napoleon <\/em><\/strong>that he has \u201cbeen working on [Napoleon] now for, I wanna say, four or five years, maybe longer. So yeah, I\u2019m definitely involved in that. We\u2019ve got all the scripts of the episodes now and we\u2019re getting ready to see where the next stage is on it. So it\u2019s happening.\u201d Part of Fukunaga\u2019s preparation has included meeting with Kubrick\u2019s living family members and visiting his estate in Hertfordshire, England.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/aclsedu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/clomiphene.html\">clomiphene over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019ve spent a lot of time in his library and at the house at St Albans with Christiane, his wife, and Jan [Harlan], his brother-in-law. 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Joaquin Phoenix will be portraying Bonaparte in a film helmed by his <strong><em>Gladiator<\/em><\/strong> director Ridley Scott announced last year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <strong><em>No Time to Die<\/em><\/strong>, Fukunaga has a good deal of experience with successful television and streaming projects. He directed <strong><em>Beasts of No Nation<\/em><\/strong>, which was one of Netflix\u2019s first major film endeavors, as well as the Netflix limited series <strong><em>Maniac<\/em><\/strong> and the TNT drama <strong><em>The Alienist<\/em><\/strong>. He won an Emmy for his directing work on season one of HBO\u2019s <strong><em>True Detective<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As his blockbuster James Bond movie No Time to Die is set to hit theaters tomorrow, director Cary Joji Fukunaga has news about what\u2019s next on his docket. 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