The reviews are in for Ridley Scott’s latest historical epic, Napoleon, and it sounds like the movie will continue a decades-old trend in Scott’s career. Filmmakers have been trying to make a biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte for years – a failed Napoleon biopic was famously a passion project of Stanley Kubrick’s – and, thanks to a big investment from Apple TV+, Scott has managed to finally do it. Napoleon frames the notorious tyrant, played by Joaquin Phoenix, through his relationship with his first wife, Empress Joséphine, played by Vanessa Kirby. It was scripted by All the Money in the World’s David Scarpa and shot by regular Scott collaborator Dariusz Wolski.
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