The works of William Shakespeare are coming to TV, courtesy of Johnny Depp and "Copper" and "Homicide" producer Tom Fontana.
威廉·莎士比亞的作品要被強尼·德普和《Copper》《Homicide》的制片人一起拍成美劇了。
Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, and Fontana are working with Swedish company Yellow Bird Productions on the project, Deadline reports. Writer Randall Fontana will pen the script.
Deadline報道,德普的制作公司Infinitum Nihil和Fontana將會和瑞士公司Yellow Bird制作公司共同開發此劇。Randall Fontana將會作為該劇的編劇。
It's not clear how the series will be structured, or how it will use the source material. Deadline describes the project this way: "a modern take on the plays of The Bard, building on the existing characters and plots from several of his most notable plays."
關于劇集結構和改編的具體消息暫時還不得而知。Deadline是這樣描述這部美劇的:“用現代的表現方式來闡述《游吟詩人》這部喜劇,莎士比亞著名作品中的角色和故事情節都會出現在這部美劇中。