1905 Movie Network News According to foreign media reports, Shakespeare's masterpiece "King Lear" will be adapted into a movie and put on the big screen. The film is tentatively named "Lear Rex". Model Jessica Chastain will reunite with Al Pacino, the godfather of her acting career, to star in the film. This is also the second collaboration between the two after the stage play "Salome" and the movie "Wilde's Salome".
The plot tells the story of an aging king who plans to divide his land among his three daughters to prevent future conflict, but he abandons his loving and honest younger daughter to place his trust in her sycophantic, vicious older sisters. , and the sisters stripped him of his powers and exiled him to a wasteland of fear and madness.
The film is written and directed by Bernard Ross ("Immortal Love"). Pacino plays King Lear and the model sister plays the eldest daughter Goneril. Other cast members will be announced soon. The film is expected to be released in Los Angeles at the end of this summer. Start shooting.
