Studio:
Unknown.
Production Company:
Buena Vista.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
Julia Stiles (Kat); Heath Ledger; Andrew Keegan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt;
Larisa Oleynik.
Who's Making It:
Gil Junger (Director); based on the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
Premise: The entire town wants to wed Bianca, but she won't be allowed to wed until her horrid sister Kate is wed also. So one man vows to not only wed Kate, but tame her as well.
Release Date: 1999.
Comments: A modernization of the bard, no doubt inspired by the success of the recent and smart adaptation by Baz Lurhmann, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett'.]
October 6, 1998... David60 wrote in to inform us about this film has wrapped. The information he provides from the Tacoma Tribune says that it wrapped under budget and three days ahead of schedule. We should see the film in theaters next spring or summer. Originally, the film was slated to film in Los Angeles, but they liked the locations up in the northwest so much, they filmed it there instead. The part of the shooting that took place in Tacoma, in a private residence in the North End and inside Stadium High School lasted six weeks. Shooting also took place in Seattle at several sites, including Gasworks Pier and Pier 70--which took up three weeks. The downtown music store in Tacoma, Ted Brown Music Company, will appear in the film, renamed "Gil's Music Company". They wanted to film this last part in Seattle, but couldn't find the right place to shoot, so they filmed it in Tacoma as well, thus making them ahead of schedule for the completion. [Originally appeared in the Tacoma Tribune; reported by David60]