ROME: The Movie?

Could Rome see a revival?

The premature cancelling of HBO/BBC’s Rome, has left it’s creator Bruce Heller with the only option of trying to get a big movie adaptation into production to finish off the series which was a critical and commercial success for the two seasons it ran. – From obsessedwithfilm.com

The creator of CBS’ red-hot procedural “The Mentalist” has unfinished business in Italy. Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama “Rome.” – From thrfeed.com

Rome, The Movie?

Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama “Rome.”

“There is talk of doing a movie version,” he said. “It’s moving along. It’s not there until it is there. I would love to round that show off.”

The lavish period drama ran for two seasons on HBO, which co-produced the series with the BBC. With the final season of “The Sopranos” as its lead-in, the first season was solidly rated, but high production costs presented the network with a tough call on the pickup. HBO opted for a second season to help get more value from its initial investment but not a third, effectively canceling the show in summer 2006 before the second season debuted the following January. The “Rome” sets were destroyed, and the actors were released from their contracts, making the decision all but irreversible.

- from THR