Anne ?

The word first broke last November that Joe Wright was collaborating with legendary playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard to adapt Anna Karenina, the Leo Tolstoy novel that has been adapted for the screen no fewer than 10 occasions, essentially the most well-known model starring Greta Garbo. Since final fall, although, Wright has been arduous at work on his teen murderer thriller Hanna, starring Saoirse Ronan and coming to theaters on April 8. Now that that one's completed, although, Wright, is ready to set his sights on the longer term, and talked to About.com about Anna Karenina, which he is hoping to shoot in the fall.

Initially, it appears like Keira Knightley will certainly be starring as Anna, as was rumored last fall; though Wright says he is "undecided but" who the star might be, he additionally admits "it's pretty apparent" and "I am loyal to my actors," and is simply holding back because "she hasn't signed on the dotted line." Provided that Knightley has starred in two of Wright's earlier movies, and is pretty much perfect to play the glamorous, romantic heroine, it is not too arduous to guess what he is hinting at here.

As for the small print about the challenge and Stoppard's script, which Wright calls "superb," he says it'll deal with both Anna's story-- about her affair and divorce-- and Levin's, about his makes an attempt to woo Anna's relative Kitty. Oh, and the parts about agriculture that you skimmed over if you learn the book in highschool? Wright's ignoring that part too:

 

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