two biopics: Le May for Robert Zemeckis, about Curtis LeMay; and Manila John, about John Basilone, which he was going to make for HBO. Warner Bros. wanted him to update Dirty Harry and he wanted them to fund a version of The Iliad; there was also talk he would make The Alamo for HBO. In the early 2000s he worked on King Conan: Crown of Iron (2001−02), a sequel to Conan the Barbarian. He also developed Jornada del Muerto (Journey of Death) (2003), a biker film starring Triple H and wrote a pilot for a TV show for UPN, Delta, about a military special ops team that takes on terrorists. None of these movies were made.Texas Rangers (2001) was eventually made, though Milius stated that his script was substantially rewritten. Financial difficulties Milius suffered a major financial reversal in the late 1990s and early 2000s when his accountant embezzled from him an estimated $3 million. He tried to get a job as a staff writer on the TV show Deadwood; showrunner David Milch was reluctant as he did not consider Milius a staff writer. Milius pleaded that he needed the money in order to pay for his son's tuition at law school, so Milch simply paid the fees. Milius's career recovered when he helped create the BBC/HBO television series Rome, which allowed him to repay Milch. He wrote some pilots which did not go to series—Dodge City (circa 2005)—a Western series for CBS, and Saigon Bureau (2008)—about the AIP Bureau of photojournalists in the Vietnam War, a collaboration with Chris Noth based on the book Requiem. He also wrote a script about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War, The Chosin Few for Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment, and The Iron Horsemen, a motorcycle feature. Health problems In 2010 Milius was working on a new project, a film biography of Genghis Khan, and a proposed TV series called Pharaoh, set during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, when he had a stroke. For a while he was unable to speak or move, but ultimately he recovered. Video games In March 2011, Milius was a story consultant for the video game Homefront, about a North Korean conquest of America. Influence Milius has long claimed to be an outsider in Hollywood. In 2001 he stated: I've always been considered a nut. They kind of tolerate me. It's certainly affected me. I've been