Aeneid (film)

Aeneid is a historical adventure film that is based on Vigeil's epic poem, The Aeneid. It takes place in the Ancient Rome Cinematic Universe (ARCU). It is unknown when exactly it takes place, but somewhere between 1000-980 BC may be correct.

This film also retcons the 2004 movie, Troy, into the ARCU. Troy takes place just before the events of Aeneid. The actors who play Andromache, Hector and Helen in Troy reprise their roles in this movie. Scenes from the Sack of Troy are also included.

The film stars... Like the rest of the ARCU, the film is mostly historically accurate, with some minor adjustments in order to make it cinematic.

Plot
Aeneas (Tom Cruise) is a fairly high-ranking official in Troy, who receives a vision from his deceased cousin, Hector (Eric Bana), in a dream on the night prior to the Sack of Troy, telling him to wake up and leave the city. He wakes up to the chaos of Greeks infiltrating the city. Aeneas gathers his family - his father, Anchises (Jon Voight) and son, Ascanius (Braeden Lemasters). He discovers that his wife, Creusa, has been killed. Helen (Diane Kruger) and Andromache (Saffron Burrows) advise him to take the Troy survivors to the land of Italy, and find a new Troy. The survivors look up to Aeneas, as he has the sword of Paris (as revealed in Troy).

A storm forces Aeneas and his ship to make landfall on Carthage. Anchises is killed in the storm. Aeneas and Dido (Jessica Lucas) fall in love. The movie jumps a couple of years, and Aeneas is reminded in a dream from Hector, Helen and Andromache that he must continue his path to Italy. Torn, Aeneas abruptly ends his relationship with Dido and leaves Carthage. Dido, upset, declares Aeneas' people to have eternal strife with Carthage (foreshadowing the Punic Wars).

Aeneas arrives in Sicily. Once there, he meets the Sibyl of Cumae (Karin Konoval), who has been waiting for him. She also appeared in The Reign of Caesar. She brings Aeneas to the Underworld, and lets him talk to Ascanius. She then tells Aeneas that if he is successful, the New Troy will eventually be called Rome. She shows him images and dreams of the future of Rome, including heroes like Scipio Africanus, Julius Caesar (Tye Sheridan), and Augustus (Freddie Highmore).

Cast

 * Tom Cruise as Aeneas
 * Jessica Lucas as Dido
 * Jon Voight as Anchises
 * Braeden Lemasters as Ascanius
 * Saffron Burrows as Andromache
 * Diane Kruger as Helen
 * Eric Bana as Hector