Joaquin Phoenix to play Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott historical epic ‘Kitbag’

Joaquin Phoenix will play Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott movie ‘Kitbag’. (Credit: Steve Granitz/Print Collector/Getty/Karwai Tang/WireImage)Fresh from his Oscar win for Joker, Joaquin Phoenix is set to take on Napoleon Bonaparte in a historical epic helmed by Ridley Scott, according to Deadline.The movie takes its title, Kitbag, from a famous saying about how there is “a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag” and will follow Napoleon’s origins as well as his rise as a military strategist.Phoenix previously played Roman emperor Commodus for Scott in his 2000 movie Gladiator.Read more: Connie Nielsen says Gladiator sequel is still aliveThe 82-year-old British filmmaker has a p… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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