Here is what the page “Martin Scorsese Says Angelina Jolie's 'Cleopatra' Was Killed by Seth Rogen's 'The Intervie” contains. Martin Scorsese revealed that his planned Cleopatra epic starring Angelina Jolie was scrapped due to fallout from the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, which was sparked by Seth Rogen's comedy The Interview. The director said the film 'was gonna be really wild' but was 'ruined' when the studio's internal ema The director said the film 'was gonna be really wild' but was 'ruined' when the studio's internal emails were leaked, exposing sensitive discussions about the project.
The hack, attributed to North Korean-linked groups over the film's assassination plot of Kim Jong-un, led to a massive corporate crisis that derailed multiple high-profile productions. Scorsese's Cleopatra, which would have re-teamed him with Jolie after their work on The Good Shepherd, was among the casualties as Sony scrambled to contain the damage. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.