Ron Howard is to direct
The Serpent and the Eagle, which is about the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1520, according to Variety.
When Howard left the
The Alamo but was still intrigued by the history of Mexico, which spawned
The Serpent. Movie focus's on how the Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez plundered the Aztec nation aided by an Aztec princess-turned-slave.
There is no clear timeframe for Howard to direct the film, though the pic is considered one of his priority directing projects in the Imagine arsenal.