Legendary Pictures concept art for Paradise Lost, the movie



“This film couldn’t have been made a few years ago.
In fact, we’re not even sure we can make it now.”


In 2004, two novice screenwriters headed for Hollywood with a screenplay they had concocted based on a 17th century religious blank-verse epic poem. Hollywood laughed and turned up its nose. Then they met a producer who had been fascinated with the prospect of battling angels since childhood ...

Nearly a decade later, a cast has been assembled, and with an estimated budget of $94,000,000, slowly but surely John Milton’s Paradise Lost, the movie, is coming to fruition.




Bradley Cooper (Lucifer) and Alex Proyas (director) at San Diego Com-Con International 2011


Proyas:

We're going to make this incredible epic film about the war of the angels, Lucifer’s fall from grace, and his battle with the Archangel Michael. This film is set in Heaven, Hell and Eden. Adam and Eve feature heavily in the film as well. So it’s a pretty big canvas.

The developments in technology are really giving us the possibility of making something truly wonderful. But then, you know, the story and the characters are really the thing, in any movie, really. Particularly with Lucifer we have a really wonderful opportunity to create the most extraordinary character, [one] we’ve never seen on film before.

Cooper:
To me it’s a very small story … about two brothers and their father and what happens when one son feels utterly betrayed. I always loved the depiction of Lucifer as a very sympathetic character. There’s a lot of personal ways into this character, which is why it makes it so exciting to do it with this kind of scope and with a director that has the kind of vision that Alex does.
Proyas:
For a director [choosing] who will express your characters is the most important decision you make. Meeting Bradley and seeing what he was capable of really blew me away.




The Cast
Bradley Cooper

LUCIFER
Benjamin Walker

MICHAEL
Djimon Hounsou

ABDIEL
Rufus Sewell

SAMAEL
(BEELZEBUB)
Casey Affleck

GABRIEL
Sam Reid

RAPHAEL
Dominic Purcell

MOLOCH
Callan McAuliffe

URIEL
Diego Bonita

ADAM
Camilla Belle

EVE


PARADISE LOST


DIRECTOR
Alex Proyas
PRODUCERS
Vincent Newman
Jon Jashni
Thomas Tull
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Scott Derrickson
Stuart Hazeldine
SCREENWRITERS
Phil DiBlasi
Byron Willinger
Lawrence Kasdan
Stuart Hazeldine
Ryan Condal
PRODUCED BY

Legendary Pictures
Vincent Newman Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

Shooting Locations:
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom


PHOTOGRAPHED IN 3D


Scheduled Release Date

2013







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