Recently premiering his latest film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, director Mike Newell has spoken out about his interest in making a new fantasy film. Prior to making the video game adaptation, he was primarily known for his work on British dramas including Four Weddings and a Funeral and Donnie Brasco but entered the fantasy world with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
At this year’s San Francisco Wondercon, Cinematical asked Newell whether would be interested in taking on more fantasy films. He gave the following response:
“Oh, yes, sure. It’s a huge thing. It’s a huge tool to know how to use. You bet. There’s a brilliant script around. I don’t think it’ll ever get made, actually, but which is about Odysseus’ journey back from Troy and of course, the great bit of that story is when he gets home, we gets to Ithaca and they think he’s just some old beggar who’s washed up on the beach and everybody takes no notice of him whatsoever, until he shows himself as Odysseus and he starts to kill people and then, by God, they take notice of him.”
Given that this Odysseus script sounds like a sequel to Troy there is the possibility that it will be made, considering that Hollywood is very caught up in the sequel business at the moment.
Would you want to see an Odysseus film? And if so, would Mike Newell be a good choice as director?