Robert Eggers Wants To Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Because Things Got “So Dark” After ‘Werwulf’, Joking: “So, I’ll Do Something About Two Teenagers Killing Themselves”

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• DeadlineLean L·1h ago

  Robert Eggers Wants To Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Because Things Got “So Dark” After ‘Werwulf’, Joking: “So, I’ll Do Something About Two Teenagers Killing Themselves”

  SPOILER ALERT for anyone who skipped freshman English! Robert Eggers is teasing his take on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. During a post-screening Q&A for his latest macabre title Werwulf, premiering Christmas Day, the auteur joked that the famously tragic conclusion of Shakespeare’s 16th century romance would be a welcome “break” from his usual horror […]

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• DeadlineLean L·1h ago

  Robert Eggers Wants To Do ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Because Things Got “So Dark” After ‘Werwulf’, Joking: “So, I’ll Do Something About Two Teenagers Killing Themselves”

  SPOILER ALERT for anyone who skipped freshman English! Robert Eggers is teasing his take on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. During a post-screening Q&A for his latest macabre title Werwulf, premiering Christmas Day, the auteur joked that the famously tragic conclusion of Shakespeare’s 16th century romance would be a welcome “break” from his usual horror […]

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• DeadlineLean L·47d ago

  Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong On How His Son Helped Make ‘Nimrods’ Feel “Current,” Potential Of ‘American Idiot’ Movie Musical: “We Talk About It”

  Nearly 30 years after the album after which the movie is named, Green Day is using their own coming-of-age story to reach a new generation in Nimrods. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who teamed up with co-writer/director Lee Kirk on the movie premiering Aug. 14, told Deadline that it was “fun to have a project” on […]

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  For Rob Burnett, who worked alongside David Letterman for nearly three decades — including at The Late Show, from its inception — the May 21st conclusion of the late-night franchise stirred significant emotion. “I found myself being strangely emotional on Stephen [Colbert]’s last show. I didn’t expect it,” Burnett said. “Some of it is just […]

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