Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscar-winning movie Shakespeare In Love is heading to London's West End.

The film, which also starred Joseph Fiennes as the famous playwright, swept the Academy Awards following its release in 1998, earning a total of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Paltrow and Best Supporting Actress for Dame Judi Dench.

Now the screenplay, penned by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, is being adapted for a stage production by Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall, who plans to launch it at the Noel Coward Theatre next summer (14).