In the upcoming movie ‘The Eagle’, based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s children’s novel, The Eagle of the Ninth, Jamie Bell plays the part of Esca, a freed British Slave. Here are some stills from the film. I think this is the point in the story where Esca is forced to fight in the coliseum as a gladiator, before he is set free.
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Empireonline reveals The Eagle film poster but mis-spells author | Rosemary Sutcliff Spelling Watch
Empireonline writes that “The Eagle (of the Ninth) has landed”, and comments as follows – sadly mis-spelling in the process Rosemary Sutcliff, which has no E!
For a while it looked like The Eagle had vanished like a Roman legionary at a sandal sale, but Kevin Macdonald’s historical adventure is back, back, back with a trailer, release date and, right here for your perusal, a shiny new quad poster. And we’ll say a big “Ave!” to that.
The poster tells you everything you need to know about Macdonald’s adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliffe’s novel. At its heart is young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) who takes his slave Esca (Jamie Bell) across Hadrian’s Wall to recover the lost eagle of the Ninth Legion and finds the locals none too welcoming.
Unlike Centurion which followed the Ninth Legion into Caledonia, The Eagle picks up the story 20 years later. Marcus Aquila, the son of a soldier who disappeared with the legion, must recover the eagle and redeem the honour of the army. Esca (Bell), meanwhile, has to go because he’s a slave and doesn’t look exactly thrilled about it.
Rounding out a strong-looking cast are Mark Strong, Donald Sutherland and A Prophet’s young star Tahir Rahim. Here’s hoping Macdonald’s impressive strike record is maintained when it’s out on March 18.
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The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff is one of most stirring historical novels ever | The New Yorker
Anthony Lane wrote of the film Centurion in September, and looking forward to Kevin Macdonald‘s film The Eagle from The Eagle of the Ninth that
… a number of debts are being discharged (in Centurion). The mysterious vanishing of the Ninth (now disputed by some scholars) has fed many fancies, notably Rosemary Sutcliff’s in The Eagle of the Ninth—one of the most stirring historical novels ever written for children …
Source: “Centurion” review in The The New Yorker (Thanks to Mary Beth Dunhouse for pointing this out)
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 