By Ryan Parsons | Image property of The Weinstein Company.
The Weinstein Company (MGM) have released the first trailer for their upcoming epic adventure The Last Legion starring Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley and Aishwarya Rai.
Colin Firth Leads The Last Legion
The Last Legion is a fantasy action-adventure in the vein of "The Sword and the Stone" set against the fall of Rome and its last emperor, 12 year-old Romulus Augustus, the boy who would rule for a day before losing all that he loved: his family, his home, and an empire that once stood for truth and honor. Imprisoned on the island-fortress of Capri, Romulus searches for a means of escape. He discovers instead "Excaliburnus," the legendary sword of Julius Caesar, and realizes that he must do all in his power to save Rome. Aided by the clever strategies of his teacher, Ambrosinus, and the heroic skills of his loyal legionnaire, Aurelius, Romulus escapes the island. Accompanied by his friends and a mysterious envoy from Constantinople, Romulus travels to Britannia in search of the last Roman Legion – the fabled Dragon Legion. There, Romulus will fight alongside his friends to make his last stand for Rome and take his first steps to becoming a man and he king who would father a legend.
Though there hasn't been a film to date that stands up to Excalibur, The Last Legion looks like it could be one heck of an epic adventure. That or another big-budget experiment on how to create an epic that looks almost entirely CG.
The Last Legion
If you watch the trailer closely, you will spot Kevin McKidd. If this film wants to have any chance at being a respectable contribution to the epic fantasy genre, his character better get tons of screen time. Where have you seen McKidd before? He played Lucius Vorenus on the HBO series, Rome. May he (Lucius) rest in peace.
Check out the trailer for The Last Legion at Yahoo! Movies.
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