Jessica Chastain and Al Pacino will star in Lear Rex, a new adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Pacino will play the titular character in the forthcoming Lear Rex, while Chastain has been cast as Goneril.

The film is produced by Barry Navidi, and will be his fifth collaboration with Pacino after The Merchant of Venice (2004) in which Pacino played Shylock, Wilde Salomé (2011), and Salomé (2013) and recently Modi (2024), which is directed by Johnny Depp.

In Lear Rex, an aging King divides his land between his three daughters to prevent future strife. But he rejects the young daughter who loves him and places his trust in her malevolent sisters, who strip him of his power and condemn him to a wretched wasteland of horror and insanity.

The film is expected to begin filming in Los Angeles this summer. Barry Navidi is producing the movie.

"This project has been Al’s labor of love for over a decade," Navidi said. "I am overjoyed to bring this amazing venture to the screen with Bernard Rose’s brilliant adaptation and bold unique vision. I am so excited to team up again with Jess since Pacino’s Wilde Salome."

Chastain is a three-time Oscar-nominated and won for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (2021). Pacino has been nominated for Academy Awards nine times, winning only once for “Scent Of A Woman” in 1993.

Source: Press Release