Hollywood finds 'Paradise Lost'

Scott Derrickson will direct a live-action adaptation of John Milton's epic poem.

Apr 20 2006

Forget 'Kingdom of Heaven', 'Titanic' and 'Gladiator' – Legendary Pictures have just announced plans to bring the most epic story of them all to the big screen – 'Paradise Lost'.

John Milton's extraordinary 1667 poem revolves around Lucifer's failed rebellion in heaven and his part in the fall of man and Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Scott Derrickson ('The Exorcism of Emily Rose') will develop and direct the project, although Legendary Pictures boss Thomas Tull says we shouldn't hold our breath for the film's release.

'Given the gravity of the source material, it's really important to get it right' he told Variety. 'It will be ready when it's ready.'

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