Mar 14, 2008 by Courtney O.

Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella Are Set for Agora

Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella are set to star in the ancient Egyptian epic Agora, the next film by Alejandro Amenabar.

According to Variety, Agora, Amenabar's second English-language film after The Others starring Nicole Kidman, is set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D. Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Homayoun Ershadi round out the cast.

Production is set to begin next week in Malta.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (16)

  1. Radimus-83

    you would!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  2. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    I paint mine with my feces.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  3. Radimus-83

    your welcome knob-jockey!! and i meant, that i painted all dem blacks in the 1st place!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  4. Marcusx

    i mean that they were black to begin with. when you run outta paint they will be black. it was racist but i thot it was in good taste. now the joke sux cuz had to explain. thanks *sshole :)

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  5. Radimus-83

    get it?...... i practically invented the painting of slaves!! :)

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  6. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    I paint mine in blood...muhahAHAHAH!

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  7. Marcusx

    red when your angry
    blue when your sad
    yellow when your anxious
    green when your happy
    black when you run out of paint

    get it?

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  8. Marcusx

    mood slaves

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  9. Radimus-83

    i love slaves!!.......... i paint mine blue, sometimes yellow depending on my mood!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  10. Phatlightning

    anything with slaves in it, i'm there.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  11. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    She was HOT in the sack in ENEMY AT THE GATES. Good f*ck scene.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  12. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    I don't know why she wasn't picked for THE MUMMY 3.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  13. Radimus-83

    meh...

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  14. killahmovie24

    yyyyyyaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnn

    4 years agoby @killahmovie24Flag

  15. Morgana29

    Ooooh sounds interesting and my kinda flick

    4 years agoby @morgana29Flag

  16. Marcusx

    possibly?

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

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