The film will be based on the best-selling biography of the artist of 2017 by Walter Isaacson, as confirmed by the Deadline portal.
The life of Leonardo Da Vinci comes to the cinema.
Universal Pictures has hired renowned British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers) to write and direct a film Leonardo da Vinci based on the artist’s 2017 best-selling biography Walter Isaacsonas confirmed by the Deadline portal.
Based on thousands of pages from Da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, the biography seeks to connect his art with his science, showing how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills that we can improve in ourselves, such as curiosity passionate and careful observation. , and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
The work of Leonardo Da Vinci
An icon of the Italian Renaissance, Da Vinci was not only a prolific painter but also a scholar who excelled in various fields, including science, engineering, and anatomy. His masterpieces, “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper”are among the most recognizable and influential works of art in history.
Christopher Hampton wrote an earlier draft of Da Vinci’s script. Universal’s senior vice president of production development, Ryan Jones, will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
Haigh comes from All of Us StrangersSearchlight’s bizarre romantic fantasy starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, which earned six BAFTA nominations and three Independent Spirits nominations. Starting with Weekend from 2011, the filmmaker has also been behind titles such as Read on Pete and 45 Yearsin addition to writing, directing and executive producing looking from HBO and direct The North Water for BBC and AMC.
The Da Vinci project will be Universal’s second adaptation of an Isaacson property. Previously, the studio adapted his 2011 biography Steve Jobs, with Danny Boyle directing and Michael Fassbender playing the co-founder of Apple.
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