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Alex Proyas has signed on as director for the upcoming film adaptation of John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost. Proyas tends to take on action-adventure projects such as 2004’s I, Robot and 2009’s Knowing. Paradise Lost features original sin, great battles, and Satan which calls for plenty of action making Proyas a seemingly good fit for the directorial job.
Milton first published Paradise Lost in 1667 divided up into ten volumes. The premise comes from the biblical tale, the Fall of Man detailing Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The work itself contains more than ten thousand lines of blank verse giving the screenplay writers plenty to work with.
Variety reports on the following production details: “The project tells the story of the epic war in heaven between archangels Michael and Lucifer, and will be crafted as an action vehicle that will include aerial warfare, possibly shot in 3D. Stuart Hazeldine developed the primary draft of the screenplay that was originally written by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi. Lawrence Kasdan provided a polish as well as Ryan Condal, who delivered the most recent draft.”