Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Joan of Arc movie has been in the works for decades.
“This is something he’s talked about for 30 years,” his wife and creative partner Catherine Martin told me Saturday at the LACMA Art+Film Gala, where Luhrmann was honored alongside sculptor Simone Leigh.
The teenaged Joan of Arc became a heroine after leading the French army to victory in Orléans in 1429 before being burned at the stake in 1431. Warner Bros. confirmed in September that Luhrmann was taking on the epic tale of France’s national heroine and saint Joan of Arc.
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