As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Paramount Pictures will remake Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical, The King and I, with the intention to "reimagine this classic story with a contemporary perspective that explores diversity and the contrasting worldviews of the characters by drawing from real history and the musical."
Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
Since the musical premiered on Broadway in 1951, it has enjoyed multiple iterations, including several revivals in New York and London, as well as a beloved Golden Age film, and other interpretations. We're recapping them below!