Stanley Kubrick Predicted Ridley Scott's Napoleon Failure 54 Years Ago

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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Ridley Scott's Napoleon failed to meet expectations either critically or commercially, but the movie's performance was foreseen by legendary director Stanley Kubrick long before its release. Made on an estimated budget of $130-200 million, Napoleon made just $220 million at the global box office and scored a middling 58% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, highlighting its mixed reception.

Despite the project's exciting scale, however, Kubrick's Napoleon was never realized. Kubrick's collaborator and brother-in-law Jan Harlan revealed that studio MGM were unwilling to proceed along Kubrick's plans, while Kubrick himself eventually accepted that "...he could not do justice to his vision or his thoroughness unless he had much more screen-time and a bigger budget.

Related Napoleon Ending Explained Ridley Scott's Napoleon highlights the titular subject's life. From military campaigns to personal tidbits, we break down the biopic's ending. In this regard, the movie sounds not dissimilar from Scott's 2023 version.

"With the co-operation of Christiane Kubrick and Jan Harlan, we’re mounting a large production for HBO on based on Stanley’s original script Napoloeon . We are working on Napoleon as a seven-part limited series."

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