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After a failed struggle to raise financing for the $55 million epic 'Borgia', he is attached to direct 'The Return', about the homecoming of Odysseus to his island kingdom of Ithaca after the Trojan War.
When Odysseus comes back home 20 years disguised as
a beggar he is not best pleased. His faithful and
still hot wife Penelope is besieged by suitors who
all believe he is dead. Jordan hopes to start principal
photography by May.
The original screenplay by English playwright Edward Bond has been substantially rewritten by Jordan, whose recent credits include 'The End of the Affair' and 'Michael Collins'. Financing is set to come from former Polygrams film chief Michael Kuhn, who has a deal with 20th Century Fox.
Jordan's last produced flick was 'The End Of The Affair' released in 1999. he also has 'The Good Thief' in the can and skedded for an April 2003 release in New York and LA.
If 'The Return' gets off the ground, it will be Jordan's first film since 1989's 'We're No Angels' that is not produced by Stephen Woolley, and his first based on an original screenplay not written by himself.
Jordan and Woolley are still teamed in their production shingle Company of Wolves, which has two pictures due for release this year -- Conor McPherson's 'The Actors' and John Crowley's 'Intermission'. Woolley is trying to set up 'Borgia' for 2004.
'Return' is the first film script in 30 years by Bond, whose controversial and often violent stage work includes 'Saved' and 'The War Plays'. His movie credits include 'Blow Up' and 'Walkabout'.
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