Epic poetry goes blockbuster

Epic poetry and 3-D aerial warfare? It's a mash-up waiting to happen. Alex Proyas (The Crow, I Robot) has signed on to direct a version of John Milton's Paradise Lost, reports Screened via Variety. You can never have too many films about the fall of Man. Or can you?

From Screened:

After EA's Dante's Inferno, I suppose it's no surprise that someone would want to tap more epic poetry for big, dumb entertainment projects, and I have to say that the thought of a huge battle between angels and demons might make for some interesting visuals, but stil—ugh. Whatever happened to the Alex Proyas I used to know?

Maybe it will be as good as this 2007 version of "Paradise Lost"?