Variety reports that Icon partners Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey will team with Gavin and Greg O’Connor on Warrior, an epic about Boudica, a female warrior who led Britain against Roman conquerors and was posthumously named Britain’s first queen.
Icon is drowning in cash from the smash hit The Passion of the Christ and although they have a first-look deal with FOX if it is turned down they arre free to shop the idea wherever they please.
Variety also reports that the drama, which chronicles Boudica’s rise from peasant girl to a military leader who united the Celtic tribes of Britain to battle the 9th century Roman Empire, will be directed by Gavin O’Connor (Miracle).
The protagonist, a female equivalent of William Wallace in the Icon-produced “Braveheart,” has become the most hotly fought-over historical screen figure since Alexander the Great. There are three other Boudica biopics.
