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A few years ago my partner and I sold a historical Dracula TV series to the History Channel (set at the tail end of "Eastern Rome") and were paid to write the pilot and do some development of how the series would proceed, but unfortunately that project never went into production.
Hey Captain Harlock!The short answer is: no.I will also give you my long answer, which though fraught with peril, will at least be less negative...From my perspective here in the Los Angeles-based American film & TV industry, there is no particular interest in a movie or TV project with a Byzantine setting, be it ancient or medieval. BUT nor is there any particular feeling against such a project, other than the fact that it's an obscure historical period unknown to most of the potential audience. This counts as a strike against such a project but not an absolute veto.I know of one big-budget movie project with an Eastern Roman setting that a Hollywood studio spent money on, but it never got beyond the screenplay phase. There is an order of magnitude difference between the money spent on screenwriters and screenplays and the money spent on turning a handful of those screenplays into actual movies. Same as other businesses, movie studios and TV networks take far more risk at the "R&D" phase than when it comes time to pay for manufacturing and then marketing finished products. So even though a big studio spent real money to buy that Eastern Roman themed screenplay, in the end they could not convince themselves it was worth it to spend vastly more money turning it into an actual movie.As a working screenwriter and TV show creator who's always been obsessed with history, I've sold several historical movies and TV shows that never made it into production. A few years ago my partner and I sold a historical Dracula TV series to the History Channel (set at the tail end of Eastern Rome). We were paid to write the pilot and do some development of how the series would proceed, but unfortunately that project never went into production.