Monday, May 21, 2007

Fernando Meirelles to Direct Shakespeare Comedy Love's Labors Lost « FirstShowing.net

Fernando Meirelles to Direct Shakespeare Comedy Love's Labors Lost

The Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, Constant Gardener) is going to be directing a loose adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy Love's Labors Lost after he finishes his other film called Blindness. Announcing at Cannes in France, Meirelles stated “after I do Blindness’ which is a very dark story, I'll really need to do a comedy," which is an intereting direction for him considering how incredibly dark and deep both City of God and Constant Gardener are. Although Love's Labors Lost is originally a Shakespeare comedy, Meirelles’ adaptation will be based on the novel by Brazilian screenplay writer Jorge Furtado.

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