<p>Apparently the script would create a structuring conflict between the archangel Michael and Lucifer, not Lucifer and the Son. The idea was ditched by the studio that originally promoted it:</p>
<p>[Legendary</a> Pulls Plug on Bradley Cooper’s ‘Paradise Lost’](<a href=“http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/legendary-pictures-paradise-lost-bradley-cooper-288520]Legendary”>Legendary Pulls Plug on Bradley Cooper’s ‘Paradise Lost’ – The Hollywood Reporter)</p>
<p>I just don’t think that Milton’s ideas about human pride, sin, and submission are going to go over well in contemporary culture. A critical audience mass just doesn’t believe in Milton’s worldview anymore. I think a more interesting approach would be to focus on Eve (cast as Camilla Belle in the original concept).</p>