Sharpe Author's Latest Book To Be Made Into A Film

The most recent book by Bernard Cornwell author of the Sharpe series of books is due to be adapted into a film. 'Agincourt' Bernard's latest book unsurprisingly relates to the events around the 1415 battle through the eyes of English bowman Thomas Hook.

London-based Independent Film Co. owned by Luc Roeg's has employed Michael Hirst to adapt the book, Michael has gained acclaim with creating the Tudors series, writing the screenplays for the films Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

The book has done remarkably well selling over 200,000 copies in the first 3 months in the UK and spending over 4 weeks on the New York times best sellers list. It is not he first of Bernard Cornwells books to be adapted with his Richard Sharpe character having over 15 TV films made, 12 of them based (sometimes much to loosely.) on his books set in the Napoleonic era .

Agincourt has had virtually no film exposure outside films of Henry V, but it is a battle where the small English army of archers defeated a much larger French army of knights. Up to10,000 French died with a supposed loss of only 112 English casualties. It has also been claimed as being the battle which brought about the death of chivalry in Europe, and is believed to have been the origination of the English two fingered salute.

The film has a budget of a very modest $35 million, and is rumoured to start shooting in 2011, cast and location at this point are not known.

It is currently deemed unlikely if the film will be due to be dubbed for a French release. We are also waiting for a film release date of St Crispin's day which was the date of the battle in 1415, but that may be hard for the production company to do