Fortune and glory

Chris Cantwell recalls his screen writing assignment in Malta. From Fortune and glory:

In July of '03, I got my first professional writing gig. The European co-producer of TROY (the Brad Pitt shit-fest), ended up hiring me to write a feature adaptation of the Great Siege of the Mediterranean island of Malta in 1565 by the Ottoman Turks. I'm not making this up, I know, it sounds bizarre even to me as I type it out. I didn't really get paid much, but in December of '03, I ended flying out to this tiny island, which is right off the coast of Sicily, and spent two weeks there, all expenses paid, researching this film. The script (a whopping 162 pages) went before Warner Brothers, Sam Mendes, and even Roman Polanksi, but in the end, nothing happened. It's on the producer's shelf back in Europe...

Knights of Malta on hold - Wired Temples