HBO Finds Religion

Yahoo! is reporting that HBO are developing a new mini-series based on the Third Crusade, which will detail the 12th century fight between Islam and Christianity from the perspective of their two leaders, Saladin and Richard the Lionheart.

Writer Kario Salem (The Score, Don King: Only in America) envisions it as a “medieval gangster epic” and plans to direct at least one of the 8 episodes. The series, which is currently untitled, will be a a co-production with Britain’s Channel 4.