Jan 05
Cyrus the movie
11 comments posted by legofish at 01:23 PM
For many years there has been talks of a big-budget British production of Cyrus, the movie. After an initial hype (with such reports as it being the most expensive British movie ever made), the project seemed to wither away from public attention. But if the website of the production team is anything to go by, the project seems to still be alive. According to the website, the status on this film is: Finished Script, Treatment, Storyboards.
Here are some storyboards (courtesy of the chahayagroup website) you can check out:
Also of note is the cast wish-list:
Cyrus: Hugh Jackman, Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law,
Safron: Claire Forlani, Angelina Jolie
Kaleb: Edward Norton, Billy Zane
Astayages: Sean Connery
Harapagus: Luis Guzman, Ray Liota
Tando: Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno
Shervin: Guy Pearce, Ethan Hawke
Ravin: Christian Bale, Robert Downey Jr.
Cambyses: Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day Lewis
Casadane: Liv Tyler, Tara Reid
Mandane: Ashley Judd
With a budget break-down of only $26,777,214 for the cast, the above wishlist seems as realistic as a winged bull.
Anyway, I have no idea how this is going to turn out (if it's ever made). One thing is for sure, movies with even slight references to ancient Persia have raised many controversies in the past. So making a movie about one of its most endeared historical figures, unless historically accurate, will have a very hard time pleasing Persian critics.
Speaking of which, I'm not digging the storyboard art too much.
update: oops! I just found out the last news item on that site is from 2003 and that the above information is at about five years old. I had never seen the storyboards before and they got me excited. So for the record, the project seems to be as good as dead!
Thanks for your useful website ,It's great
Iranian of Canada and USA are dirty people they even support the 300 they are money lover whom helped the producation of 300 i dont give shit about them!
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Ive always perceived the movie 300 as an eye opener for us Persians about our history, may be you can aid us in the wikipedia articles, we have to promulgate our history, create a better description of it with better visuals, I do hope you and your website can helps us, we need better artist renditions of our historical personalities like Cyrus the Great, Darius and etc.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
It's so sad to hear this project is canceled. It's my wish to see a movie about Cyrus The Great.
I hope this wish becomes true.
It's so sad to hear this project is canceled. It's my wish to see a movie about Cyrus The Great.
I hope this wish becomes true.
It's so sad to hear this project is canceled. It's my wish to see a movie about Cyrus The Great.
I hope this wish becomes true.
I am writing a historical novel about Cyrus the Great.
Good evening friends,
I was doing some research on the net and came across the blog. My name is Roham Rahmanian, and I am one of the producers on "Cyrus". The film is still very much alive. We are making final adjustments to the script as the financing comes to a close. The script has also been fine tuned by Richard Frye, the renown historian of Ancient Persia. Please feel free to forward any questions my way.
roham@rrproductions.ca
Many thanks,
Roham
Good evening friends,
I was doing some research on the net and came across the blog. My name is Roham Rahmanian, and I am one of the producers on "Cyrus". The film is still very much alive. We are making final adjustments to the script as the financing comes to a close. The script has also been fine tuned by Richard Frye, the renown historian of Ancient Persia. Please feel free to forward any questions my way.
roham@rrproductions.ca
Many thanks,
Roham
I hope this gets off the ground. The Iranian community in CA should get behind this (they have the money). Iran needs a good and accurate Historical Epic.