Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins gave us a huge box office hit with Wonder Woman, filmed its follow-up, and now they’re ready to team up again. Gadot will take on the role of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra in an upcoming biographical drama directed by Jenkins.
According to Deadline, this biopic was Gadot’s idea and she enlisted Laeta Kalogridis to write the script. The rights for this project were put on a virtual auction, and Paramount Pictures managed to come out victorious and secure the production credit.
Gadot will follow in the footsteps of Claudette Colbert, Vivien Leigh, and Elizabeth Taylor, who all portrayed Cleopatra in the past. She isn’t the only actress who was recently attached to this role—Sony Pictures has been plotting the adaptation of Stacy Schiff’s biography Cleopatra for years, with Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga being eyed for the lead role at different stages of development.
Deadline reported that Kalogridis will start writing the script right away, with Gadot and Jenkins helping her shape the narrative. They met on the set of Wonder Woman and most recently filmed its sequel Wonder Woman 1984, set to be released this Christmas.
