Robert Eggers Directing 'Romeo And Juliet' For Focus Features
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Key Points:
- Filmmaker Robert Eggers, known for Nosferatu and the upcoming Werwulf, is planning a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with details currently under wraps.
- Eggers’ version will feature dialogue in Olde English and is expected to reunite him with Focus Features, the studio behind much of his previous work.
- This project marks a genre shift for Eggers, who has focused on monster films; his recent Nosferatu was both a critical and commercial success, earning four Oscar nominations and grossing nearly $182 million worldwide.
- Romeo and Juliet has a rich history of screen adaptations, including Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 modernization, but Eggers’ take promises a unique artistic approach.
- Eggers’ upcoming projects include Werwulf, releasing on Christmas Day, and a Labyrinth sequel for TriStar Pictures and The Jim Henson Company.
