Russell Crowe & Will Smith in Talks to Join Akiva Goldsman’s ‘Winter’s Tale’
Akiva Goldsman may have produced some of the biggest projects with some of the biggest names in Hollywood during the 90s and 00s, but the director hasn’t had a movie to call his own. But for the past few years, he’s been trying to make his directorial debut a reality, by adapting Winter’s Tale for the movie screen. Now he is adding a few more pieces to his directorial debut by adding names like Will Smith and Russell Crowe.
Now nothing if definite, but Vulture does report that negotiations are happening between the two A-listers and that the budget for the adaptation has been significantly reduced. According the report, Goldsman had to call in a few favors for getting Smith and Crowe into early negotiations.
As for the big screen adaptation of Winter’s Tale, the movie will tell the story of an alternate 19th century Manhattan and follows a thief named Peter Lake who attempts to rob a mansion located near the Upper West Side. Problem is the mansion is inhabited and Lake falls in love with its dying tenant Beverly Penn. The story adds a few plot twists by infusing fanastical elements like white horses, angels, a rainbow bridge, and a giant cloud wall.
With a names like Russell Crowe and Will Smith tapped to play and the budget reduced to a manageable amount, there is the possibility that Winter’s Tale could begin shooting this fall.
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