Pompeii - New Tv Series

Screenwriter Robert Towne has been hired by Sony Pictures Television to write the script for the new Ridley Scott produced TV series Pompeii based on the Robert Harris historical book.

For those of you not familiar with Townes work he's written a ton of Hollywood films over the years including Chinatown, Heaven Can Wait, Tequila Sunrise, Days of Thunder, The Firm, Mission Impossible and several others.

The guy has a ton of experience and he's written some great scripts. He's a great choice to write the script for this series.

Pompeii was published in 2003 and it tells the story of a young Roman engineer working on the mighty Aqua Augusta aqueduct that feeds the ancient cities of the Bay of Naples, but who ultimately finds himself struggling to survive the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.