Romeo and Juliet EVERYWHERE

   Another interesting discovery that I made recently was that, like Lion King, there are many more films that are based on Shakespearean plays. Writers in the past decades have taken Shakespearean plot lines and characters and totally transformed them to modern settings that would be attracting for current audiences. 
   Romeo and Juliet is a play that has been adapted around 30 times to the big screen. What audiences don't know is that this storyline has been recycled through the years fooling audiences with twists. 
"It doesn’t get much more star-crossed than a zombie and a human falling in love."
   

The 2013 Horror/Romcom "Warm Bodies" is an unusual tale of a zombie and a human who fall in love. 
"Warm Bodies is another loose Shakespeare adaptation, but it focuses on the forbidden love between zombie R (Nicholas Hoult) and the woman he can never be with, Julie (Teresa Palmer)."
   It is impressive how our society "eats up" these plot lines and makes it possible for more of them to be produced. I would not be surprised if another Romeo and Juliet movie is made. 
   If a movie called "Gnomeo & Juliet" can be released, I surely can expect anything from the movie world. 

Theatre will always be a source for the writing of films. Although these classic stories tend to succeed in Hollywood, it is imperative that there can also be good original writing that is not recycled; rather have it come from someone's imagination. 

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/movies-you-might-not-know-were-based-on-shakespeare-plays#.vs1E5JrK4G

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15 Movies You Might Not Know Were Based On Shakespeare Plays

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/

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Warm Bodies

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm_Bodies_(film)

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Warm Bodies (film)

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