Things We Saw Today: Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts May Star in Ophelia

Daisy Ridley is reportedly in final talks to play the titular role in Ophelia, an adaptation of Hamlet that tells the play’s story from the viewpoint of Ophelia. The film will be based on the YA novel by Lisa Klein, and directed by Clare McCarthy; Naomi Watts will star as Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude. While Hamlet and Ophelia’s romantic history is left somewhat ambiguous in Hamlet, The Verge says the two will be “fully involved” in Ophelia, and that the adaptation will make its titular character more outspoken and less of a tragic figure than she is in the play.

• Mark Millar’s Empress comic is going to get the big-screen treatment. (via Blastr)
• Ahead of the North Carolina stop on Beyonce’s Formation tour, Bey is showcasing the good work being done to combat North Carolina’s Bathroom Bills by Equality NC. (via Beyonce.com)
• A Manchester couple had a Harry Potter-themed wedding that was impressively thorough. Take a look at some of the images over on Buzzfeed.
• Guillermo del Toro might be making a movie about mermen. (via Pajiba)

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