“I’m the primary to confess once I make a mistake. I merely by no means do.” That’s the philosophy of tyrannical French navy chief Napoleon Bonaparte, performed by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix in an historic epic that reunites him with Gladiator filmmaker Ridley Scott.
The primary official trailer for the movie, written by Scott’s All of the Cash within the World screenwriter David Scarpa, is rife with expansive battlefield scenes amidst the French Revolution and Bonaparte’s rise to Emperor in 1804, in addition to a burgeoning romance with Joséphine (performed by Vanessa Kirby), Bonaparte’s eventual spouse. The venture facilities on “Bonaparte’s relentless journey to energy via the prism of his addictive, unstable relationship along with his one real love, Joséphine, showcasing his visionary navy and political techniques towards a number of the most dynamic sensible battle sequences ever filmed,” in line with the studio.
Phoenix and Kirby star alongside 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, Paul Rhys as Talleyrand, John Hollingworth as Marshall Ney, Gavin Spokes as Moulins and Mark Bonnar as Jean-Andoche Junot.
“Napoleon is a person I’ve all the time been fascinated by,” Scott informed Deadline in 2021 of his forthcoming biopic. “He got here out of nowhere to rule all the things—however all of the whereas he was waging a romantic struggle along with his adulterous spouse Josephine. He conquered the world to attempt to win her love, and when he couldn’t, he conquered it to destroy her, and destroyed himself within the course of.”
Napoleon will likely be launched theatrically on Nov. 22, 2023 by Sony Photos after which stream on Apple TV+ at a later date.
