McG Attached to Direct a 300-Style Christopher Columbus Film

With quite a billion dollar empire including Virgin Records, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Atlantic Airways, the still developing commercial space travel company Virgin Galactic Airways, and so much more, entrepreneur Richard Branson is now throwing his hat into the motion picture industry. Deadline reports that the businessman launched Virgin Produced this passed summer in association with Relativity Media and the banner is making its first acquisition with Columbus, a 300 style film following Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America with McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels) set to direct the project.

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