If they can successfully pull off a film about a protagonist who the audience never gets to see, more power to them. I don't see it happening. What exactly is the Polanski connection?

I was going to say the same thing. How in the world are they going to do a movie about Muhamad without showing Muhamad and causing riots throughout the Islamic world?

The Polanski connection comes from the fact that Polanski raped a 13 year old girl while Muhamad married a 6 year old and slept with her at age 9. Both had sex with kids.

It's been done.

I would not be surprised if Polanski gets involved in this flick as part of his "rich or famous people get community service and probation" sentence.