Tag: My Fair Lady
Colin Firth to Join Carey Mulligan for My Fair Lady?
My Fair Lady remake, remember that title? We’re sure you do, as well as our previous reports where we shared some interesting casting updates with you, and today, we’re here for another one.
So check it out – Colin Firth is likely to play Henry Higgins in the upcoming Sony’s remake of the 1964 musical classic!
So, now we have Carey Mulligan attached to star as Eliza Doolittle, with Joe Wright set to direct the film from a screenplay by Emma Thompson.
In addition to that, we just learned that Sony studio literally won’t make a film without Firth in it (yeah, right, blame it on The King’s Speech performance!). He was considered for the role before, but he wasn’t famous enough at the time for Sony execs.
Carey Mulligan as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady Remake
Carey Mulligan is set to play the female lead, Eliza Doolittle, in the My Fair Lady remake that Emma Thompson is writing with John Madden who will direct.
Maybe you had remake-thing over your heads, but who knows, maybe this one could be fun, and it will certainly be interesting to see young Mulligan in role that was once played by Audrey Hepburn.
We all know that 1964 version of My Fair Lady was a huge success. It was directed by George Cukor, with Hepburn and Rex Harrison in the leading roles. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director!
Keira Knightley to Star in “My Fair Lady” Remake
According to Telegraph.co.uk, Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean) has won the role of Eliza Doolittle in a new film adaptation of “My Fair Lady.”
Scarlett Johansson was also up for the lead role, but the site reported that Joe Wright has come on to direct, and it seems that Wright has gone with Knightley, who he directed in “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement” to star.
Keira Knightley New Movie/King Lear Cancelled
Keira Knightley has signed up to appear in Mark Romanek‘s sci-fi project “Never Let Me Go.” Knightley will star alongside Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan in the cloning-themed movie.
The story revolves around a trio who grew up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation. Alex Garland adapted Kazuo Ishiguro‘s novel into the script.
Keira Knightley in talks for ”My Fair Lady”
Columbia Pictures is in talks with Keira Knightley to star as the simple Cockney flower girl who is transformed into a lady - ”My Fair Lady” according to Variety.
Duncan Kenworthy and Cameron Mackintosh will produce the film, which will retain Alan Jay Lerner’s stage lyrics and the 1912 setting. The movie will shoot at several UK locations including Covent Garden, Wimpole Street and the Ascot racecourse.
“My Fair Lady,” with book and lyrics by Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, was first staged in 1956 featuring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison.
Broadway musical, based on George Bernard Shaw‘s play Pygmalion, was first adapted for the screen in 1964. The film, which starred Audrey Hepburn won eight Oscars.
