Julie Taymor, a
ward-winning writer-director and best known for creating "The Lion King" on Broadway and directing the Oscar-winning "Frida" and "Across the Universe",
is gathering a Oscar-studded cast for her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" that, in a gender-defying twist, will see Helen Mirren reigning over the magical island.
The play centers on Prospero, an exiled duke-turned-sorcerer, Taymor -- who likes to take an experimental approach to her stage and film projects -- has rechristened the lead character Prospera so that Mirren can take on the role.
Cast includes Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Ben Wishaw and Felicity Jones. Geoffrey Rush is in negotiations to join the cast. The movie is set to be filmed on the Hawaiian island of Lanai.
The play centers on Prospero, an exiled duke-turned-sorcerer, Taymor -- who likes to take an experimental approach to her stage and film projects -- has rechristened the lead character Prospera so that Mirren can take on the role.
Cast includes Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Ben Wishaw and Felicity Jones. Geoffrey Rush is in negotiations to join the cast. The movie is set to be filmed on the Hawaiian island of Lanai.
1 comment:
Any film with Helen as the lead character, is a MUST SEE movie. Lets hope Geoffrey Rush joins the cast. Such a talented actor and a local boy from Oz.
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