![]() ![]() Production is set to start in late April.Ĭlooney has a charisma that inspires. He has since positioned this as a follow-up project to his debut feature, and the cast is starting to come together. Last year, Clooney was close to directing this adaptation, but opted to direct his own film, Tender Bar, first. The film adaptation is being produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. Instead, he turned to another project - 300, based on the Battle of Thermopylae. But due to creative differences, the film was put on hold. George Clooney was attached to produce the screen adaptation of Steven Pressfield's epic novel The Gates of Fire. The author also makes an effort to show the differences between women's and men's courage. He honors Diomache, the narrator's cousin, as the embodiment of heroic virtue. While the novel is largely about men at war in ancient Greece, Pressfield does pay homage to women throughout. As he learns the history of the battle, he begins to feel a deep sense of responsibility to his nation. Born in the town of Astakos, Xeones is one of three Greek survivors of the battle. Steven Pressfield's novel Gates of fire is a compelling historical fiction that tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae through the eyes of a Greek perioikos named Xeones. ![]() ![]() It follows the life of Xeones, a perioikos born in the city of Astakos and one of three Greek survivors who survive the battle. Set in ancient Greece, the novel narrates the Battle of Thermopylae. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is an epic historical fiction novel. ![]()
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