Universal Pictures is currently in talks to sell its Rogue Pictures label to Relativity Media for about $150 million. This includes the division’s thirty-title library, the four films it will release in 2009 and the countless other projects on its development slate.
Interestingly, Universal will still distribute any Rogue Pictures production until 2013 and pay Relativity a sub-10% distribution fee. However, Relativity will have first-look deals with Platinum Dunes and Wes Craven.
Some of Rogue Pictures famous films are Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Doomsday, Seed of Chucky and Assault on Precinct 13.
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I, Claudius, one of the best stories captivated in Robert Graves novel of the classi
c Roman Empire, rights have been nabbed by Relativity Media. The screenplay will be written by Jim Sheridan and Nye Heron who will direct, too.
Graves’ well-known novel is a plot driven story of the most complex character in real life ancient Rome. The novel recounts the internecine plots and counter plots surrounding Claudius, the fourth emperor of Rome, who ruled 41 – 54 A.D.
The stuttering, limping and nervous tics Claudius, born to a murderous, imperial family, worked his cunning mind by using his handicaps to through rivals into misjudgments. He survived and even became one of Rome’s greatest emperors.
I, Claudius is not new to the screen. It was produced in 1937 with Charles Laughton and on BBC in 1976 with Sian Phillips.
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