Rupert Sanders to Direct Warner Bros.' "Napoleon" Biopic

Director Rupert Sanders ( Snow White and the Huntsman) closed a deal withWarner Bros to direct the yet untitled Napoleon biopic.

JeremyDoner is the screenwriter who made a ton of researchand offered the first draft to Warner Bros. Theproduction company was thrilled by the project that it thought aboutgiving it to the elite filmmakers DiCaprio and Scorsese. WithScorsese busy with the final cut of his “ Wolf of Wall Street” theproject went to Sanders who had the hit of “ Snow White and the Huntsman” in2012.

Asfor Napoleon character the studio is putting big names like DiCaprioand Tom Hardy in their radar.