Robert Eggers Sets ‘Romeo And Juliet’ As His Next Film As Focus Wins Bidding War

If there’s a filmmaker who might look at William Shakespeare ’s most famous romance and focus on the blood feud, plague, teenage obsession, and double suicide, it’s probably Robert Eggers .

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