Whereas Othello with Denzel and Jake Gyllenhaal is making an enormous splash on Broadway, there have already been talks about making a film model.
The latest Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello simply turned the highest-grossing Broadway play ever. The play’s new incarnation appears tailored for the large display and even has movie stars Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal going toe-to-toe as frenemies Othello and Iago. Washington just lately talked about the place he’s taking his profession when selling Gladiator II final 12 months, which included a shock announcement about Black Panther 3. Washington mentioned, “I performed Othello at 22, I’m now going to play it at 70. After that, I’m taking part in Hannibal. After that, I’ve been speaking with Steve McQueen a couple of movie. After that, Ryan Coogler is writing a component for me within the subsequent Black Panther.“
Whereas it appears as if he’s filling his schedule up for the following few years, The Hollywood Reporter has spoken with Othello‘s director, Kenny Leon, as he reveals that he and Denzel talked about possibly adapting this new interpretation of the play as a feature film. Leon worked with Denzel on the plays A Raisin in the Sun, Fences and now Othello, and he says that there have “absolutely” been discussions with Denzel about a big screen adaptation and he hopes that Gyllenhaal would return for the film as well, “I would hope so, absolutely, that’s what I might hope would occur.”
The brand new imaginative and prescient of the play units the story in “The Near Future” and sees Gyllenhaal’s Iago secretly manipulate Denzel’s title character into pondering his spouse, Desdemona (portrayed by Molly Osborne), is having an affair, which results in Shakespeare’s signature tragedy. “It’s important for today because, for 100s of years, we’re still dealing with ourselves. Humanity is still struggling with itself,” Leon mentioned concerning the present’s relevance right now. He added, “This play is about pure love but what happens to pure love when there’s rumors and lies and jealousy. And all that’s timely for every generation.”
Leon additionally admits that he doesn’t know what he would do with Othello as a movie, as a result of it’s “two different art forms.” Nevertheless, regardless of not having a imaginative and prescient for the cinematic adaptation, he feels the story’s nonetheless “got to tell the same truth.” So, for now, Leon is simply involved with the play as he explains, “we’re trying to get this up first.”
