Tripoli (film)

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Tripoli is a film written by screenwriter William Monahan and to be directed by Ridley Scott, distributed by 20th Century Fox.

1 Development
2 Cast and crew
- 2.1 Cast
- 2.2 Crew
3 Storyline
4 See also
- 4.1 Film industry
- 4.2 Historical
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Development

As of August 2005, 20th Century Fox has put this movie in turnaround, where other production companies can co-finance it. Bob Yari is one producer of consideration^[1]^[2]

[edit] Cast and crew

[edit] Cast

Russell Crowe and Ben Kingsley were originally cast, but recently as of August 2005, Keanu Reeves stepped on board.^[1] It is not known if Ben Kingsley is still attached.

[edit] Crew

Mark Gordon[1] is producing, Ridley Scott is directing, and William Monahan wrote the screenplay.^[1]

[edit] Storyline

The story is set in the early 1800s, during the First Barbary War, following U.S. diplomat William Eaton's assistance to overthrow a ruler with a contingent of Marines and Arab and Greek soldiers.^[3]