Roman Polanski Readies God of Carnage For the Big Screen

With his legal troubles behind him, Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski has completed his previously announced script for the film adaptation of the Tony winning play God of Carnage and will begin shooting in 2011, according to AFP. Polanski worked with the play's French author, Yasmina Reza, on the screenplay, which was then translated to English, as the film will take place in Brooklyn. No casting has been announced.

"The [filming] location has not yet been chosen, but since Roman only has the right to go to Poland, Switzerland and France, there is a good chance the shoot will be close by," Reza says of the production and Polanski's legal inability to enter the U.S. due to allegations against the director for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor in 1977. "We had already talked about it before his arrest. The real work started when he was under house arrest in his chalet in Gstaad where I went several times. Roman is a very strong man. He never stopped working."

God of Carnage tells the story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl. The get-together hilariously goes south as each pair attacks the other's parenting styles and eventually reveals their personal qualms with their own spouses. The show made its Broadway debut on March 22, 2009, and ran for 452 performances before closing in June 2010. God of Carnage received three Tony Awards including Best Play.