You can never have enough adaptations of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers play “Romeo and Juliet.” Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth tackle the roles of Juliet and Romeo in the latest Romeo & Juliet film adaptation from Relativity Media, written for the screen by Julian Fellowes, the man behind cult-sensation “Downton Abbey.” The first trailer has been released for Romeo & Juliet and its full of the lavish scenery one would expect as well as the Shakespearian prose that has brought many a lover to their knees. Watch the trailer now, and prepare yourself for the tragic love story to make its way into theatres October 11, 2013.
You can never have enough adaptations of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers play “Romeo and Juliet.” Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth tackle the roles of Juliet and Romeo in the latest film adaptation, Romeo & Juliet, from Relativity Media, written for the screen by Julian Fellowes, the man behind cult-sensation “Downton Abbey.” The first trailer has been released for Romeo & Juliet and its full of the lavish scenery one would expect as well as the Shakespearian prose that has brought many a lover to their knees. Watch the trailer now, and prepare yourself for the tragic love story to make its way into theatres October 11, 2013.
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Release: October 11, 2013
Director: Carlo Carrel
Writers: Julian Fellowes
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ed Westwick, with Stellan Skarsgard and Paul Giamatti
Producers: Ileen Maisel, Lawrence Elman, Julian Fellowes, Nadja Swarovski, Simon Bosanquet, Alexander Koll, Dimitra Tsingou, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding
Synopsis:
“Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare’s epic and searing tale of love, is revitalized on screen by writer Julian Fellowes (“Downton Abbey”) and director Carlos Carlei (“The Flight of the Innocent”). An ageless story from the world’s most renowned author is reimagined for the 21st Century. This adaptation is told in the lush traditional setting it was written, but gives a new generation the chance to fall in love with the enduring legend. With an all-star cast including Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti and Stellan Skarsgard, it affords those unfamiliar with the tale the chance to put faces to the two names they’ve undoubtedly heard innumerable times: Romeo and Juliet. Every generation deserves to discover this lasting love.
Kathryn Schroeder, Promotional Materials, 2012, News, Coming Soon, 2013, Video, Trailer, Romance, Shakespeare