It looks like Brad Pitt is gearing up to tackle another epic in the Odyssey …..in space? We get the scoop thanks to our friends at cinematical:
First, we got The Iliad morphed into Troy, with Pitt playing Achilles. Now Variety reports that Pitt is teaming up with Warner Bros. once again to make Homer’s next epic, The Odyssey — with George Miller adapting. Now you might wonder how Pitt can continue on when the story moves over to Sean Bean’s Odysseus. First — Pitt is on-board as producer. Second — the hope is that Pitt will take over the role.
But that’s not all they’re doing to jazz the story up — their “intention is to transfer the tale to a futuristic setting in outer space.” If things work out, the plan is to get Miller to also direct the film, with Pitt journeying through space in whatever fashion Miller dreams up.
The Iliad didn’t work for you so you’re taking the Odyssey to space? This seems like a peculiar mistake right from the beginning. If Troy was awesome, I think people would be a lot more forgiving with the creative liberties; this looks like they’re building a train wreck from scratch.
I haven’t had the chance to read the Odyssey, but it’s certainly on the list. This epic poem is nearing 3000 years old. When a work spans millennia I want to see it adapted to film as best as possible with modern master smiths bringing the text to the world of cinema. I don’t want to see a hatchet job in space.
