The rumour is that both Orlando Bloom and Scarlett Johansson are in talks to appear in Roman Polanski's planned epic Pompeii.

The film will be adapted from Robert Harris' novel of the same name which tells the story of the eruption of Mount Vesivius through the eyes of a young engineer in the city. Marcus Attilius Primus has been sent to repair a large aqueduct that carries water to the people on the Bay of Naples, and while he's there he has to battle the corruption in the city as well as the natural disaster facing them all.

The script has been written by Robert Harris and Roman Polanski, and the talk is that this will be a big CGI film.

According to Coming Soon both Orlando Bloom and Scarlett Johansson are talking about starring, one would assume that Bloom would play the engineer. That might mean more revealing loin cloths and such for the Bloom fans out there!