The Dotted Line: More 'Rome,' New 'Fame' and 'Hairspray 2?'
By Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com Staff
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Monday, December 01, 2008
THE ROAD TO ROME
Rome was simply one of the best things HBO ever did. As told through the eyes of two fictitious Roman soldiers -- Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson) -- we watched how Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Cleopatra and the rest contributed to the fall of Rome. But because of the show’s high production costs, HBO cancelled it after two seasons (something apparently they now regret -- and rightly so). Now there’s hope. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rome creator Bruno Heller may be allowed to tie up all the historical loose ends in a feature film. Yes please! Thing is, Heller had mapped out five seasons. "I discovered halfway through writing the second season the show was going to end," he told the Reporter. "The second was going to end with death of Brutus. Third and fourth season would be set in Egypt. Fifth was going to be the rise of the messiah in Palestine. But because we got the heads-up that the second season would be it, I telescoped the third and fourth season into the second one, which accounts for the blazing speed we go through history near the end. There's certainly more than enough history to go around."
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