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Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever

4/28/10 - Marc Guggenheim has been tapped to pen Leonardo Da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, the Warner Bros. project that recasts the original Renaissance man as an action hero, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Da Vinci, based on an original idea and treatment from Askarieh, reimagines Da Vinci as a member of a secret society. He falls headlong into a supernatural adventure that pits him against biblical demons in a story involving secret codes, lost civilizations, hidden fortresses and fallen angels. 

3/11/10 - Warner Bros. has picked up a treatment titled Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever from producer Adrian Askarieh, who is teaming with Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Da Vinci is best known as the painter behind "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper," though he also was an inventor, engineer, architect, mathematician among many other occupations. The project re-imagines Da Vinci as a member of a secret society who falls headlong into a supernatural adventure that pits the man against Biblical demons in a story involving secret codes, lost civilizations, hidden fortresses and fallen angels.  Askarieh, who is producing via his Prime Universe banner, came up with the original idea and wrote the treatment, with a search for a writer now under way.  Jon Berg is overseeing for Warners.

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