
British filmmaker Lakeem Rose is developing a contemporary feature-film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." The project is being produced in collaboration with Canadian producers Plato Fountidakis and Paul Rapovski alongside Hong Kong-based producer Mike Leeder. This modern retelling relocates the classic narrative to the aftermath of a contemporary war, focusing on four returning soldiers.
British writer-director Lakeem Rose, is developing his feature debut, a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” with Canadian producers Plato Fountidakis and Paul Rapovski and Hong Kong-based producer and casting director Mike Leeder. In Rose’s version, the story shifts to a world just after a modern-day war, centering on four returning soldiers […]
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