NEW YORK: Famous Hollywood director Ridley Scott and actor Joaquin Phoenix have teamed up once again for a period feature titled ‘Kitbag’.
The Joker actor plays French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The film marks the second collaboration between Scott and Phoenix after the multiple Oscar-winning Gladiator in 2000,
The news comes as Scott wrapped production on the historical drama-thriller film ‘The Last Duel’ in Ireland. Kitbag takes a personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to the emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife Josephine.
The intention of the movie is to capture Napoleon’s famous battles, relentless ambition, and astounding strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader and war visionary.
The film’s title is derived from the saying “There is a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag”. A kitbag is a long narrow bag used by soldiers to carry clothes and other personal possessions.
David Scarpa, who penned Scott’s 2017 directorial “All the Money in the World” is working on the script for Kitbag. The film is set at 20th Century Studios, where the filmmaker’s production banner Scott Free has a deal.
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