A spec script called VERONA by Neil Widener and Gavin James is being picked up by Sony - looks like Joe Roth (OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, MALEFICENT) will be producing.
It’s a reimagining of Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET…
Exact details are being kept more clandestine than a love affair between two teens from opposing Italian families, but the script is said to reimagine the classic love story through a lens of an epic, 300-style world.
…says THIS piece at THR.
I wonder what they mean by ‘300 style world.’ Largely virtualized? Or will all kindsa killing and raping and OTT hyper-madness be visited upon The Bard? We’ve already seen that Shakespeare, especially R&J, can be successfully adapted and re-interpreted in a number of ways, and given Roth’s penchant for stylized fare…this could be interesting…
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Glen Oliver
“Merrick”
