Ang Lee Wants To Direct 'Cleopatra' Starring Angelina Jolie

'Cleopatra' has been in development for years with Angelina Jolie attached to star. James Cameron, Paul Greengrass, and most recently David Fincher were interested in helming the project before moving on.

While speaking to THR, the 'Life of Pi' director confirmed he's interested in directing the film:

“I’m about to read the script. It just feels right to me after all the other types of films I’ve done. What does it have in common with any of them? They’re all totally different! That’s what makes this perfect.”

The script has been written by Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjaminn Button) and is based on Stacy Schiff's book 'Cleopatra: A Life.'

Here's the officla synopsis for Stacy Schiff's book 'Cleopatra: A Life':

"Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first and poisoned the second; incest and assassination were family specialties. She had children by Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, two of the most prominent Romans of the day. With Antony she would attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled both their ends. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Her supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. "