- Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
According to Reuters, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles began shooting a television series this week about a Shakespearean theatre company in crisis. Meirelles also revealed that his next movie will be a loose adaptation of “”Love’s Labour’s Lost.” The 52-year old Sao Paulo is probably best known for directing the films “City of God,” (2002) and “The Constant Gardener” (2005).
Meirelles told Reuters, “Shakespeare is a heavy drug…The more you read, the more you want to read. Each line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are.”
The new Brazilian TV series, “Sound and Fury,” is based on the Canadian program “Slings and Arrows.” Meirelles says the series is a romantic comedy about a group of Shakespearean actors but will include passages from the bard’s works.
His Brazilian adaptation of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” is scheduled to start shooting in next year. The movie, set in New York and London, will tell the story of a Brazilian boy who receives a scholarship to study Shakespeare abroad with a group of international students. The screen play is being written by another Brazilian filmmaker, Jorge Furtado.
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“Slings and Arrows” on Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project
