Ugh. Just what the world needs.

According to Cinematical, the first adaptation will star Anthony Hopkins, Keira Knightley, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Naomi Watts, and the second one is a "brilliant adaptation" starring Al Pacino.

I'm not much of a King Lear fan (I'm not into any story that features the words "vile jelly" in that context), so the biggest thing I took away from this story was the fact that we're going to have to suffer through Gwyneth Paltrow's English accent again.

Why, Hollywood gods? Why?

Labels: Movie Adaptations, William Shakespeare