Vin Diesel and BET Team on Animated Hannibal
07-22-06, 12:08 PM
#1
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: WV
Posts: 3,178
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Vin Diesel and BET Team on Animated Hannibal
This may get moved to the TV Forum, but I will start it here. I was looking foward to the rumored Vin Diesel Hannibal movie, but I guess it will be an animated series instead.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=15600
Diesel and BET Team on Animated Hannibal
Source: BET July 21, 2006
BET Networks' newly-minted animation unit will join with Vin Diesel's One Race Productions to produce "Hannibal the Conqueror," an animated series based on the life of Hannibal of Carthage, universally recognized as the greatest military leader in the history of the world. The project was jointly announced by Vin Diesel and Reginald Hudlin, BET President of Entertainment. One Race Vice President Samantha Vincent and Diesel will executive produce. Last January, BET announced the formation of BET Animation under the management of Denys Cowan, former producer of the hit animated series "The Boondocks."
The series will span the life of Hannibal, from his tutelage as a warrior under his father, the king of Carthage, to his history-making invasions of Spain, England and his legendary scaling of the Alps with his army of elephants. He assembled an army from around the world to challenge the Roman Empire and his techniques and plans are still studied today.
"From my first week at BET, I have been pursuing this project," says Hudlin. "Vin Diesel brings great thought and passion to both character development and storylines, and we are pleased to be the first to be in the animation production business with Vin and One Race Productions. 'Hannibal' will be epic storytelling."
"It only took Reginald Hudlin becoming President of Entertainment for me to know that BET would be the perfect network to launch a 'Hannibal' franchise, the story of the great African general who fought an empire," said Diesel. "Having worked passionately for ten years to develop a film property on Hannibal, this animated series will offer audiences a chance to begin to understand the larger-than-life mythology of this classic figure."
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=15600
Diesel and BET Team on Animated Hannibal
Source: BET July 21, 2006
BET Networks' newly-minted animation unit will join with Vin Diesel's One Race Productions to produce "Hannibal the Conqueror," an animated series based on the life of Hannibal of Carthage, universally recognized as the greatest military leader in the history of the world. The project was jointly announced by Vin Diesel and Reginald Hudlin, BET President of Entertainment. One Race Vice President Samantha Vincent and Diesel will executive produce. Last January, BET announced the formation of BET Animation under the management of Denys Cowan, former producer of the hit animated series "The Boondocks."
The series will span the life of Hannibal, from his tutelage as a warrior under his father, the king of Carthage, to his history-making invasions of Spain, England and his legendary scaling of the Alps with his army of elephants. He assembled an army from around the world to challenge the Roman Empire and his techniques and plans are still studied today.
"From my first week at BET, I have been pursuing this project," says Hudlin. "Vin Diesel brings great thought and passion to both character development and storylines, and we are pleased to be the first to be in the animation production business with Vin and One Race Productions. 'Hannibal' will be epic storytelling."
"It only took Reginald Hudlin becoming President of Entertainment for me to know that BET would be the perfect network to launch a 'Hannibal' franchise, the story of the great African general who fought an empire," said Diesel. "Having worked passionately for ten years to develop a film property on Hannibal, this animated series will offer audiences a chance to begin to understand the larger-than-life mythology of this classic figure."
07-22-06, 08:29 PM
#3
Premium Member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Grazing in a field somewhere...
Posts: 23,631
Received 695 Likes
on
465 Posts
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
"universally recognized as the greatest military leader in the history of the world"
I'd like to see some facts to back that up.
I'd like to see some facts to back that up.
07-22-06, 09:32 PM
#4
Originally Posted by The Cow
07-23-06, 12:07 AM
#6
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally Posted by Artman
So what happened to the live-action movie?
I can't stop laughing, I guess the pacifier didn't help him secure funding for a huge epic. This can't be real but i know it is.
07-23-06, 02:59 AM
#7
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Under a dead Ohio sky
Posts: 5,820
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
This has been done once before. Coincidentally with Alexander the great as the subject matter. In Reign the conquerer, it was unwatchable.
As for the greater General I'd have to go with Hannibal. Alexander accomplished more but most of his battles weren't against the greatest of opponents. Hannibal defeated the Roman army on its own soil when they were thought to be unbeatable. Using a rag tag group mostly comprised of men who spoke different languages. He would have taken Rome itself but the leaders in Carthage wouldn't send him reinforcements.
As for the greater General I'd have to go with Hannibal. Alexander accomplished more but most of his battles weren't against the greatest of opponents. Hannibal defeated the Roman army on its own soil when they were thought to be unbeatable. Using a rag tag group mostly comprised of men who spoke different languages. He would have taken Rome itself but the leaders in Carthage wouldn't send him reinforcements.
