For a couple of years now, I have been hearing about Halle Berry’s and Marc Forester’s (director of ‘Monster’s Ball’) dream project ‘Nefertiti’ that has been stuck in development hell. Just when I thought about giving up on seeing a biopic about one of Egypt’s most powerful pharoahs, Halle Berry has recently been talking about the future project.
MTV Movies Blog gives us this:
The flick’s progress may appear to be measured in inches, but Halle assures us that it’s still moving forward…it’s just a matter of piecing everything together. And those are admittedly big pieces, since Berry has grand visions for her historical biopic.
“It should be epic in feel,” Berry exclaimed to MTV News,” adding that it will have “lots of action because it’s all about that era in time when Nerfititi was ruling her nation.”
Hmm….that actually sounds like it’s going to be a project that could break Berry’s “horrible film” streak. She’s perfect for the role of Nefertiti, and the last person who played Nefertiti was Rachel Weisz in ‘The Mummy Returns.’ (Something that made me laugh almost as much as seeing Elizabeth Taylor play Cleopatra) Although, who knows when this project will be made considering Forester is working on the next James Bond film, and Halle Berry will be a mother soon.
So what do you think of this news? Do you think we’re in store for an epic film like ‘Ben Hur’ or are we in store for a big budget historical flop like ‘Cleopatra?’
