I’ve been keeping an eye out on this project for many months now. It does look as though Daniel Craig’s next film might be his long-gestating passion project “Othello,” which was a play that he also starred in off Broadway.
Craig and Bond producer Barbara Broccoli have been trying very hard to fund this project, for the better part of two years, and their quest to find money — and perhaps a location — has inevitably led them to Qatari financing.
Yes, this is a version of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” but one set in an American barracks in Iraq. A British filing by Broccoli’s Eon Productions, registering a new Othello Film Company Limited, has seemingly confirmed many of these details. Craig and Broccoli will be bringing the 2016 limited run of the show, which got rave reviews, to the screen.
The rumor is that they secured funding by making a deal with the Qataris to get Broccoli to set part of the next Bond film in Doha. The play’s director, Sam Gold, is set to helm the film version of the play. It’s possible this one might start production next year.