With her stunning performance as Mattie Ross in True Grit leading to a well deserved Oscar Nomination, and the subsequent option to star in what appears to be every possible movie project with a female star of her age, Hailee Steinfeld seems to have settled on another new project; having taking one of the leading roles in an upcoming movie version of Romeo and Juliet.
Playing one half of the most famous, fictional, romantic couples in history, Steinfeld will star as Juilet in the latest re-telling of the classic William Shakespeare tale of two ill-fated lovers (who’s love was forbidden due to family feuds, which eventually led to their death), under the direction of Italian director Carlo Carlei (Flight of the Innocent), and the producing eye of Garbiele Muccino (Seven Pounds).
It doesn’t appear as though Romeo has been cast at this point, and so far there’s no indication of how the Julian Fellowes (The Tourist) script will attempt to update the classic play for the new movie; which has a budget of only $15 million, will begin shooting in the next couple of months, and should be done in time for a script to have been prepared for Hailee’s Forgotten.
Matt Wheeldon.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter.
