Keira Knightley is set for a busy year
Did you like ‘The Other Boleyn Girl‘? Well, look forward to more!
The BBC’s film unit is to make a sequel to ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, based on ‘The Boleyn Inheritance‘, another book by Philippa Gregory. The story is told through the eyes of two of Henry VIII’s wives, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard.
Keira Knightley is to star in a new film adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy ‘King Lear.’
She will play Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the King, who will be portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. Gwyneth Paltrow is tipped to take the role of Regan, Lear’s treacherous middle daughter. His eldest daughter, Goneril, is yet to be cast.
The $35 million film was announced at the Cannes Film Festival and will feature epic battle sequences, according to its makers.
Next month sees the release of ‘The Edge of Love‘, with Sienna Miller, in which she plays a lover of the poet Dylan Thomas.
She also stars in ‘The Duchess‘, a lavish costume drama based on the life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
Several other projects were announced at the Cannes film festival yesterday, including an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray‘ starring Ben Barnes, currently thrilling cinema audiences as ‘Prince Caspian in the Narnia sequel.’
Watch The Exclusive Clip From ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’
Empireonline.com has thrown up an exclusive clip from The Other Boleyn Girl.
‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ tells the story of the two Boleyn sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johanssen), who compete for the love of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana), to whom one of them is meant to serve as mistress.
The Other Boleyn Girl, directed by Justin Chadwick, is released in the UK on March 7 and will receive a royal premiere on February 29.
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Hollywood’s hottest starlets have teamed up for one of the most hotly-anticipated films of the year, The Other Boleyn Girl, in which they play the Boleyn sisters, Anne (Natalie) and Mary (Scarlett) fighting for the affections of Henry VIII, brought to life by Eric Bana.
The Other Boleyn Girl: Natalie Portman vs Scarlett Johansson
‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ is directed by Justin Chadwick, a long-time TV director, including of ‘Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House’, debuting his second feature film. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory and the screenplay was adapted by well-known British writer Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon).
‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ is an engrossing and sensual tale of intrigue, romance, and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in history, in which two sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn, are driven by their ambitious father and uncle to advance the family’s power and status by courting the affections of the King of England.
