Burr Steers has signed on to direct "
Emperor: Young Caesar," a pic adaptation of the first volume of the "Emperor" novels by Conn Iggulden.
Broyles, whose screenplay credits include "Jarhead," "Cast Away" and "Apollo 13," will pen the script with Stephen Harrigan. Storyline, based on Iggulden's book "Emperor: The Gates of Rome," follows the early life of Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus.