Napoleon is an upcoming historical epic directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by David Scarpa. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and depicts the French leader’s rise to power. The pre-production for Napoleon began in January 2021 and the filming commenced a year ago in February 2022. Napoleon reunites Phoenix and director Ridley Scott two decades after Gladiator which starred Phoenix as the main antagonist. We can already sense that the film is bound to be a huge critical and commercial success and we have some great news for fans!
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Runtime, Teaser and More
First of all, as per latest reports, the film is rated R, reportedly for “strong violence and sexual content, moderate-high amounts of language/drug use/subject matter.” This comes as no surprise and is akin to Ridley Scott’s previous period endeavors like Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, and The Last Duel, all of which were rated R. Another important update we have received is that ‘NAPOLEON’ is reportedly set to clock at 2 hours and 27 minutes. This is frankly the perfect length we expected from a film of this tone and size and once again is similar to Scott’s previous period films.
Moving on, check out the short 3 second first look of the film as shared by @jphoenixupdates:
Ridley Scott’s NAPOLEON starring Joaquin Phoenix has a running time of 2 hrs 37 minutes pic.twitter.com/IHCml400Ra
— Joaquin Phoenix Updates (@jphoenixupdates) June 26, 2023
If you are unaware, Sony Pictures closed out its CinemaCon 2023 presentation with an entire scene from Ridley Scott’s war biopic, whose description you can check out by clicking this link. The footage shown was a visceral battle sequence wherein Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon is commanding his French forces and pulling the strings from afar on top of a hill. Although it will be eventually streaming on Apple TV+, as per viewers Napoleon, is meant to be seen on the biggest screen possible. Its dark yet cinematic color palette and eye-opening scale were highly appreciated by the lucky viewers at CinemaCon 2023.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte, Vanessa Kirby as Empress Joséphine, Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras, Ben Miles as Caulaincourt, Ludivine Sagnier as Theresa Cabarrus, Matthew Needham as Lucien Bonaparte, Youssef Kerkour as Marshal Davout, Phil Cornwell as Sanson ‘The Bourreau’, Edouard Philipponnat as Tsar Alexander, alongside Ian McNeice, Paul Rhys as Talleyrand, John Hollingworth, Gavin Spokes in minor roles and Mark Bonnar as Jean-Andoche Junot, general of Napoleon.
Napoleon is all set to release in theatres on 22nd November 2023. Also, check out everything you need to know about Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 here.
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