Paradise Lost, an epic poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, is scheduled to be made into the next multi-million dollar blockbuster from the director of I, Robot and Knowing, Alex Proyas and Bradley Cooper has been also confirmed to be playing the role of Lucifer.
Paradise Lost is expected to bring an estimated $93 million in production with the visual effects area that will account for over $21 million. Major effects house Digital Domain is set to support the big-budget epic movie. The film is expected to be very fx heavy using James Cameron's innovative new 3D technique when created Avatar.
The fantasy epic will be filmed in Sydney and has a release target of 2013. Director Proyas has exclusively revealed that news Wednesday with New South Wales acting premier Andrew Stoner at an announcement at Fox Studios Australia. Proyas said:
I'm delighted to have found such overwhelming support here in NSW for such a unique film offering unparalleled exposure for NSW cast and crew to the cutting edge technology that will be used in the making of Paradise Lost.
Proyas' last feature was filmed in Melbourne in 2008: the sci-fi thriller Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage.
We would like to share some of the more interesting details: Paradise Lost will spend more than 20 weeks in pre-production, followed by eight weeks of principal photography and motion capture, and 72 weeks of post-production and visual effects work. Isn't it amazing?
The Paradise Lost film will obviously follow the story of the epic war in heaven between Archangels Michael and Lucifer. Formerly the most beautiful of all angels in Heaven, Lucifer is a tragic figure best described by the must-known quote ‘Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.' Cooper said to EW:
I loved studying that poem at Georgetown. I just fell in love with that character. Satan is kind of the guy you agree with — I don't know if you agree with him, but you understand his argument and he's very compelling. Hopefully we'll be able to maintain the integrity of that…I think he's going to look like me. I don't know what that says about how satanic I look, but yes, it will be me.
Furthermore, Cooper denied this is rather a sci-fi take on Milton's poem:
It's not a sci-fi take on Paradise Lost — it is Paradise Lost. It's a cinematic adaptation of Milton's poem with motion capture. That technology is evolving exponentially by the minute, so where they were when they did Avatar as opposed to where they are now is almost different worlds. I just did the whole fitting for the motion-capture helmet that you wear, and we start shooting at the end of October in Sydney, Australia. I'm very excited.
That's awesome! Stay tuned.
Director Alex Proyas and Acting Premier Andrew Stoner
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