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Oliver Parker plans 'Dorian Gray' movie
Published Wednesday, Mar 12 2008, 07:00 GMT | By Beth Hilton
St Trinian's director Oliver Parker is planning to helm another adaptation of an Oscar Wilde story.
Parker, whose previous credits include An Ideal Husband and The Importance Of Being Earnest, now has his eye on Wilde's only published novel, The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
He told Teletext: "It's going for the horror-thriller angle of the story. It's different to adapting one of Wilde's plays."
The book centres around handsome Dorian Gray, who shows no signs of aging as he leads an increasingly corrupt life. However, evidence of his sins show on his face in a portrait he keeps in his attic.
Parker, 39, has two children with actress wife Thandie Newton.
Parker, whose previous credits include An Ideal Husband and The Importance Of Being Earnest, now has his eye on Wilde's only published novel, The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
He told Teletext: "It's going for the horror-thriller angle of the story. It's different to adapting one of Wilde's plays."
The book centres around handsome Dorian Gray, who shows no signs of aging as he leads an increasingly corrupt life. However, evidence of his sins show on his face in a portrait he keeps in his attic.
Parker, 39, has two children with actress wife Thandie Newton.
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