Focus Features’ The Eagle of the Ninth starts shooting

The Eagle of the Ninth started filming today with State of Play director Kevin MacDonald, with stars Channing Tatum, Jaime Bell, and Donald Sutherland. More on this as it comes, but here’s the plot synopsis:

The Eagle of the Ninth is set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (played by Mr. Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Mr. Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian’s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the lost legion’s golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

Source: Focus Features