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Baz Luhrmann Announces His Next Movie, Which Will Go Back Farther in History Than He Ever Has Before · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Visionary director Baz Lehrman has almost always looked to the
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  Speaker 2: past for the settings of his films, be they based
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  Speaker 2: on historical or fictional figures, with projects like Romeo and Juliet,
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  Speaker 2: Mulin Rouge Australia, The Great Gatsby, and most recently Elvis.
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  Speaker 2: But Deadline reports for his latest project, Baz will travel
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  Speaker 2: further back than he ever has to tell the story
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  Speaker 2: of legendary French heroine Joan of Arc, who was only
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  Speaker 2: a teenager when she rose from peasant to leading the
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  Speaker 2: French army until her death in fourteen thirty one. While
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  Speaker 2: the lead has yet to be cast, it will be
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  Speaker 2: one of the most coveted roles in town, as Baz
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  Speaker 2: has increased the star power of multiple actors over the years,
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  Speaker 2: including Leo with Romeo and Juliet, and Austin Butler with
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  Speaker 2: Elvis
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  Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.