Theatrical Wrap-Up to HBO Series Rome?

[firehawk12]

I'll have to take his word for it. I just remember some S1 interviews where they talked about how little time was passing in as the season progressed. But then again, I supposed they could have wrapped long before S1 even aired.

 

[Astraea]

I absolutely love Rome (Rome and DS9 are my two favorite TV shows ever), and although I was definitely satisfied with how the series ended, I would love to see anything Rome-related. But if they were going to do anything, I'd love to see a prequel series with Marius and Sulla, maybe a young Julius Caesar, etc. Not gonna happen, I know, but I think it would be more interesting than Augustus's reign.

 

[Marc]

I absolutely love Rome (Rome and DS9 are my two favorite TV shows ever), and although I was definitely satisfied with how the series ended, I would love to see anything Rome-related. But if they were going to do anything, I'd love to see a prequel series with Marius and Sulla, maybe a young Julius Caesar, etc. Not gonna happen, I know, but I think it would be more interesting than Augustus's reign.

You mean like it some-one did McCollough's Master of Rome series? Do the first 3 and 1/2 books which then segways into Rome S1 & 2 (haven't seen S2 so not sure where it finishes) but at point I,Cladius takes over

 

[btflash]

Yes, they are sent to kill Jesus. Of course, the whole timeline is off by decades, but...

well, we could get abrams to direct in that case.

 

[Astraea]

You mean like it some-one did McCollough's Master of Rome series? Do the first 3 and 1/2 books which then segways into Rome S1 & 2 (haven't seen S2 so not sure where it finishes) but at point I,Cladius takes over

I've read the McCullough books (albeit in backwards order, since I found Antony and Cleopatra at the bookstore and then had to find the ones that aren't in print) and I, Claudius/Claudius the God. I adore ancient history (half my undergrad degree is in Classical Civilization) and would be happy if you've got any other suggestions, though.

 

[Gaith]

Thread resurrection time! From a March news article at Dark Horizons:

Bruno Heller ("The Mentalist") has finished his script for the film sequel to HBO's acclaimed historical epic series "Rome".

Morning Light Productions will produce and finance the film which starts off in Germany four years after the show's final episode which primarily dealt with the death of Mark Antony and Cleopatra and the rise of Octavian to become Emperor Augustus.

The film likely follows the fate of the show's two leads Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson), despite the former seemingly mortally wounded in the finale.
No word on what the plot would focus on as there were no major recorded historical events in the region around 25 BC, though the story could see the two former Roman soldiers hiding out amongst the Germanic tribes.

Heller previously indicated in his long-term plan for the series that had it continued the next storyline would've dealt with Rome's response to the rise of a messiah in Palestine.

Sooo... a Rome movie without much (if any) of the city of Rome? A Rome movie without significant historical events or characters? Pullo and Vorenus kicking ass and taking names amongst random, historically anonymous Germanic tribes?

As much as I love those two characters, I'm unconvinced.

 

[firehawk12]

Well, those sets are long gone so it's not like they can do any of that stuff nowadays without having to rebuild everything. I figure they couldn't stay in Barbarian land forever though.

But if they're not the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of history, I wonder if they'll still manage to do something interesting with the characters. The neat part of the show was always the fact that you saw history unfold around them.

 

[Gaith]

Yeah, but after what they've seen and gone through, what more history could Vorenus and Pullo witness in their lifetimes that wouldn't be hugely anticlimactic? And I know that the sets are long gone, but even if they did want to do significant scenes in Rome, Vorenus and Pullo can hardly risk going back and being recognized, for fear that Octavian might put two and two together and realize who their kid companion really is.

Maybe they'd go to Roman Britain or some other isolated province under assumed names, and fight off a native invasion. That strikes me as more plausible than siding with non-Romans, as the above article seems to suggest.

I was rooting for McKidd to be Thor, so he could get a big break. But given the likely scope limitations on any such Rome film, I don't see much chance of that becoming one, for him or Stevenson.

 

[Garak]

Part of me REALLY wants this and part of me doesn't.

I'm terribly conflicted.

 

[OmahaStar]

Well, those sets are long gone

What? When did that happen? Last I heard, they were preserving the sets to be used on other productions, including the Doctor Who episode "Fires of Pompeii."

 

[firehawk12]

Probably the generic Rome sets, but what about all the indoor sets and that sort of apartment thing that they lived in? I can't imagine they kept everything standing for all this time?

I just wonder what the movie could be if it's absent any history... just an ancient road trip maybe.

 

[stj]

I believe the sets burned in a fire.

 

[Garak]

I believe the sets burned in a fire.

I've been working under the same assumption. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

 

[Captain Shaw]

I believe the sets burned in a fire.

I've been working under the same assumption. I'm sure I read that somewhere.

I thought that happened during the filming of series one so they had to stop filming and rebuild them.
Also I thought the cost of the rebuild was one of the reasons it got a series two
No I was wrong just read on wiki.

A significant part of this set was later destroyed by a fire that burned down a portion of the Cinecittà Studios in 2007.[8] According to HBO, the fire started after they had finished filming the second season of Rome.