EXCLUSIVE: After Christopher Nolan turned Homer’s ancient poem into gold with The Odyssey, maybe Hollywood is ready to take more chances on literate period fare. How else to explain the high level of interest when CAA and Kaplan Perrone went out with the spec script The Ballad of the Ember Knight, a 14th century-set drama that clocked in at 190 pages? When the dust settled, Sony paid near seven-figures to the sibling writing team Kieran and Brennan O’Dea. It is the first time they sold a script.
Ember Knight is a medieval epic set against the French and English conflict
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