As reported Variety, Timur Bekmambetov will be the producer of the new version “Romeo and Juliet“. The project, currently under the working title R # Jwill put Carey Williams. The latter in 2018 received a special jury prize at the film festival “Sundance“For the short film”State of emergency“, And the new picture will be his directorial debut in a big movie.
The producer of the tape is also Igor Tsai, who worked with Bekmambetov on the films “He is a dragon“And”Search“. The main party will perform Cameron Engelsbest known for the comedy television series “Malibu safeguards»From Netflixwho also played in the upcoming TV series “Clickbait“. The company will make him Francesca Noelrecently appeared in the movie “Villages and Peaks“.
The first frames from the shoot (low quality) you can see below.
Romeo and Juliet will be the first major project by the newly created Bekmambetov company Tsay Interface Films. The picture will continue the line of films in the Screenlife genre produced by Bazelevs.
Screenlife films are distinguished by the fact that they show the interaction of people with mobile devices – laptops, phones and others. The first film shot in this format was “Without friends“Released in 2015. It was followed by “Search” with John Cho in the title role. Bekmambetov was the producer of both films, and Tsai acted as executive producer of the latter.
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