Brazil director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare

By Fernanda Ezabella SAO PAULO (Reuters) - After more than a year poring over Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking on a new literary journey with William Shakespeare. Meirelles this week started shooting the TV series "Sound and Fury," about a Shakespearean theatre group in crisis, and his next movie will be a loose adaptation of the playwright's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost." "Shakespeare is a heavy drug," said Meirelles said in an exchange of emails. "The more you read, the more you want to read. Each line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are." The movie is based on a Brazilian adaptation of "Love's Labour's Lost" by moviemaker Jorge Furtado, who is also writing the script. The film, for which shooting will start... [read full story]