Wish they’d stop changing the title for this.
Actress Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) has signed to star in Romeo And Brittney, the follow-up movie from comedian David Baddiel (The Infidel). The current Doctor Who companion will play Brittney, a high school student from New Jersey who finds herself in the 13th-century, stuck in the plot of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet as the female lead.
Gillian Anderson (The X Files) will be playing both Gillan’s mother and a nurse in 13th-century Verona, while Robert Sheehan (Misfits) has been cast as a nerdy student and Romeo.
The $7 million movie, summarized as “Shakespeare In Love meets Clueless”, starts shooting next May.
Arvind Ethan, producer:
“[David Baddiel and I] love literate teen comedies and we wanted to do our own version. After all, 10 Things I Hate About You was based on The Taming Of The Shrew just as Clueless was based on Jane Austen’s Emma and Easy A is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. And what is Twilight if it’s not Romeo & Juliet with vampires and werewolves?”
This is certainly exciting news, particularly if you love Karen Gillan and Robert Sheehan — who’s particularly charismatic as Nathan in Misfits. The premise doesn’t sound like a simple case of time-travel (as a few actors are playing dual roles), more like a reality-bending fantasy similar to Lost In Austen (the ITV miniseries where a modern woman was transported into the novel Pride & Prejudice). Agree?
My only reservation is the involvement of David Baddiel; a decent comedian back in the early-’90s and a talented writer, but his recent movie The Infidel was toothless and a tedious disappointment, with limp direction. Will he fare better with a more imaginative concept and a bigger budget?
Source: Dan Owen.
Demons Never Die is out on the 20 February 2012, you can pre order on DVD here and Blu-ray here.
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January 25, 2012 by Vicki
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January 9, 2012 by Vicki
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ArticlesANY ladies who have been searching for Love/Hate star Robert Sheehan on social networking sites in the hope of following him will be disappointed to learn that he is something of a misfit when it comes to Twitter and suchlike.
“I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to social networking,” says the Portlaoise actor.
“I’m not on Twitter and never will be. I’m far too lazy. But if I had to connect with anyone online, I’d say Russell Brand because he’s got such a wonderfully expansive vocabulary. I’ve never met him but, if I did, I’d probably say something like, ‘Alright Russ, you’ve got well nice hair’ – and sound like a f****** idiot.”
And maybe commiserate him on his split from Katy Perry?
Source: Sunday World.
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