Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski is to team up with thriller writer Robert Harris to re-create the last days of Pompeii, the author told a British Sunday newspaper.
The Sunday Times said the epic's $197 million cost will make it the most expensive movie ever filmed in Europe.
Based on Harris' 2003 novel "Pompeii," the movie will recount events surrounding the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, which led to the deaths of thousands of people engulfed by hot ash and collapsing buildings, the paper reported.