Timothée Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton and Ben Mendelsohn to star in new Netflix movie based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV

Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name), Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp, Tom Glynn-Carney and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie are to star in a new Netflix film based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV and V.

In King, a young, disgraced prince, Hal inherits the crown and must learn what it means to be a king, guided by his one true friend, Falstaff.

Edgerton will be playing Falstaff; Chalamet will be playing Hal; Pattinson will be playing The Dauphin; Mendelsohn will be playing King Henry IV;  Depp will be playing Princess Catherine; Harris will be playing William; Glynn-Carney will be playing Hotspur; McKenzie will be playing Philippa

Plan B will produce along with Porchlight Films’ Liz Watts (who produced the Michôd-directed Animal Kingdom and The Rover), Edgerton and Michôd. Shooting starts June 1 in the UK. for a 2019 release.

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