Lily Collins to Star in ‘Rosaline’; Hailee Steinfeld, Dave Franco & Deborah Ann Woll Out
Last October, we brought you word that Hailee Steinfeld, Dave Franco, and Deborah Ann Woll were set to star in Rosaline, a re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Well, chuck that out of the window as it seems the deals never went through. Variety now reports that Lily Collins (Abduction) is in early talks to star as the eponymous character.
The film will be set in a contemporary high school and will tell the Romeo and Juliet story from the eyes of Rosaline, Romeo’s jilted ex-lover. The script was adapted from Rebecca Serle’s novel When You Were Mine by Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber ((500) Days of Summer). Michael Sucsy, who directed the recent box office hit The Vow, is set to helm the picture for Fox 2000 and we wouldn’t be surprised if the studio fast-tracks this project for filming.
Collins, daughter of famed musician Phil Collins, will next be seen starring in Tarsem Singh’s Snow White adaptation Mirror Mirror. Expect more casting news soon since the roles of Romeo and Juliet have yet to be filled.
What do you think?
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Well, my excitement for this just went straight out the window.
I’m sorry Julian. I know this is a crushing blow for you
Indeed. I was originally going to write a angry hate filled post but then i decided to class it up a bit
Okay fail. I thought this was going to be a period film and I was really excited about Deborah Ann Woll. It’s just bleh now.
Me too. With Deborah gone, this went from being one of my most anticipated movie to not caring about it anymore.
Are people afraid of doing period or something? Frankly, the reasoning behind changing the setting to a modern high school seems purely financial; I suspect the thought is that putting these characters into familiar locations while using dialogue that’s palatable to a contemporary audience means a better chance of greater monetary returns. Who’s going to go see some boring old Romeo and Juliet movie set hundreds of years ago in Europe anyway?
…well, I mean, I would. But mainstream audiences? Probably not. Shakespeare doesn’t play well to the mainstream anymore when it’s actually treated like Shakespeare, I imagine. Sad but probably true.
This is the Twilight generation yo!
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