According with filmofilia.com Keira will be starring a new movie: the adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear with Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Anthony Hopkins, Keira Knightley and Gwyneth Paltrow will headline a $35m adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear.

Joshua Michael Stern, who made the upcoming Kevin Costner political comedy Swing Vote, which screens in the market here, adapted the screenplay and will direct and produce.

It is understood Paltrow will play Regan, one of Lear’s two treacherous eldest daughters who fight for the lion’s share of their father’s kingdom when he announces his abdication.

Knightley will play Cordelia, Lear’s youngest and most loyal daughter who is disowned by the king after she refuses to take part in a contest to demonstrate who loves their father the most.

Cordelia flees and marries the King of France before returning with an army to wage war against her sisters, an act that triggers the cataclysmic final sequence of events.

The producers expect to announce further casting, including the eldest daughter Goneril as well as various scheming members of the aristocracy.

Ruby Films chief Alison Owen is in talks to produce and her colleague Paul Trijbits is in talk to serve as executive producer.

Stern’s vision for the updated, live-action project is described as being epic in the vein of 300, featuring epic battle sequences and high passion.

Great! so now we just need to wait what happends next :D hope that’s rumors are true ‘couse it’d be lovely to see her on a silver screen again, although we have 2 films comming soon

I hope it’s true too! Keira in a Shakespeare’s movie will be so great! I can’t wait to see if it’s true :)

and her accent is so beautiful…i’m not English ( as you possibly noticed ) so for me it’s even more so amazing than for the real British ;)
yep, it’d be so extra ordinary film :D

[quote comment="595"]and her accent is so beautiful…i’m not English ( as you possibly noticed ) so for me it’s even more so amazing than for the real British ;)[/quote]

I love British accent too :)
I’m not from English either, not even American,,, I’m from Brazil, where are you from?

Oh…nice :D i’m from poland. i’m happy that you know what i mean :) her accent is just gorgeous! sometimes i can’t stop listening to her.

I kown what you mean, I was watching ‘Pride and Prejudice’ yesterday and it’s so beautiful, I keep repeating the lines, lol

so do i :P ” From the first moment i met you, your arrogence and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others…” :D
I’m gonna be in London for 3 weeks in June and July maybe i’ll meet her :P nonesens, i know that :P

OMG this is so cool!! “Hope is the last to die” so I don’t think it’s nonesens. I truly hope that you meet her :)

thanks do you have a Messenger or something?

Yep, I’ve msn! It’s tathy.fantini@uol.com.br

And another site has put the news about the movie (yay)!!
And this one says that the movie was announced at Cannes Film Festival so appears to be really true!!

gosh! really? wicked :)
i’m gonna write to you today, if you don’t mind :) but now i got to go, bye :)

Sure!! :)

Exciting! A Shakespeare adaptation with Anthony Hopkins is a great honour!

[quote comment="605"]Exciting! A Shakespeare adaptation with Anthony Hopkins is a great honour! :mrgreen:[/quote]

I totally agree!

hummmm, interesting

Keira Knightley is really hot! She has a great look, despite those rumors she’s suffering from anorexia, which are most likely false - see here: http://www.projectweightloss.com. I’d like to have a body like hers!