Two upcoming King Lear movies?

Ugh. Just what the world needs.

According to Cinematical, the first adaptation will star Anthony Hopkins, Keira Knightley, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Naomi Watts, and the second one is a "brilliant adaptation" starring Al Pacino.

I'm not much of a King Lear fan (I'm not into any story that features the words "vile jelly" in that context), so the biggest thing I took away from this story was the fact that we're going to have to suffer through Gwyneth Paltrow's English accent again.

Why, Hollywood gods? Why?