Idris Elba is teaming up with Netflix to direct and star in the reboot of “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”.
The 45-year-old Brit will be hunching his back, quite literally, when he takes on the role of disfigured bell-ringer, Quasimodo. Besides sitting in the director’s seat, the English actor will also be producing the film under his Green Door outfit.
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Based on the book written by Victor Hugo in 1831, “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame” centres on a hunchback named Quasimodo. Brought up by Frollo in the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, he falls in love with a 16-year-old gypsy, Esmeralda.
Most of us are probably familiar with the Disney 1996 animated feature, with the storyline focusing on a happy ending instead of a tragic one that was in the original source. The Hollywood Reporter stated that Netflix beat Disney in creating a live-action version for “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”.
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Besides “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame”, Elba is also collaborating with Netflix on the comedy “Turn Up Charlie”.
Source: Screen Rant.
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