Okungenakuthelekiswa nanto Al Pacino uya kufumana phantsi kwesikhumba UKumkani ophambili, uhlengahlengiso lwefilimu oluphefumlelwe yenye yezinto ezigqwesileyo ze William Shakespeare kunye noncwadi lwehlabathi.
Ngale ndlela, kulindeleke ukuba I-Pacino ukubuyisela umva umfanekiso wakho emva kweefilimu njengelousy njengemizuzu engama-88. Iza kukhatshwa ngu UMichael Radford kunye no-Anthony Hopkins. Iintombi ze UKumkani uLear iya kutolikwa sisiNgesi kwaye inyuka UKeira Knightley kunye nezintle ngokunjalo UGwyneth Paltrow kunye noNaomi Watts. Aba bathathu baya kuphikisa kungekuphela nje ilifa kodwa netrone, esezandleni zexhego. UKumkani uLear, oya kuba nomsebenzi ongelula kangako wokugqiba ukuba yiyiphi kwiintombi zakhe ezintathu eza kungena ezihlangwini zakhe njengentloko yobukumkani.
Le projekthi ikwabandakanya ukuhlangana kwakhona kwe Al Pacino kunye noMichael Radford, kuba bobabini abalingisi babelane ngepowusta ngokulinganayo kuShakespearean Umrhwebi waseVenice, ulungelelwaniso lolunye uhlobo loncwadi, olufakwe kwiminyaka emi-5 eyadlulayo.
Ikhasethi ibhalwe yaza yakhokelwa nguJoshua Michael Stern (Ivoti yokugqibela) kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ukufotwa kuya kwenziwa ngokupheleleyo eYurophu, ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Ngezi ntsuku, I-Pacino ulungiselela indima yakhe kwifilimu entsha UAndrew Nicol, UDali kunye nam: Ibali leSurreal, apho uya kudlala umzobi weplastiki eccentric Salvador Dali.