WTF? Gibson to do a Queen Boudica movie?

[villager]

So now, instead of Christ, he's doing the Celtic resistance to rampaging monotheism?

From Variety:

Warrior queen fuels passion
Icon joins race for femme pic

By MICHAEL FLEMING

"Braveheart" with a bra?

Icon partners Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey will team with Gavin and Greg O'Connor on "Warrior," an epic about Boudica, a female warrior who led Britain against Roman conquerors and was posthumously named Britain's first queen.

The writers penned the project as a spec, then hooked the O'Connor brothers. Icon exec Kevin Lake brought "Warrior" to Gibson and Davey, who are so flush with "The Passion of the Christ" cash that their Icon is in a strong position to make another period picture. The company has a first-look deal at Fox, but if Fox turns down the pic, Icon is free to shop it elsewhere.

The drama, which chronicles Boudica's rise from peasant girl to a military leader who united the Celtic tribes of Britain to battle the 9th century Roman Empire, will be directed by Gavin O'Connor ("Miracle"). Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal wrote the script.

The protagonist, a female equivalent of William Wallace in the Icon-produced "Braveheart," has become the most hotly fought-over historical screen figure since Alexander the Great. There are three other Boudica biopics.

Paramount and Tribeca issued their war cry last week, announcing the Boudica pic "Warrior Queen" that will be scripted by "Proof" playwright David Auburn. DreamWorks also has the Boudica pic "Queen Fury" with scribe Walon Green. A fourth project is "My Country," which was written by Martha Little and is being shopped as a spec by Laura Bickford. That's a surprise, considering the film will be expensive and female-driven battle pics don't generally fare well.

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