In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft.
Currently playing in limited release is writer-director Julie Taymor’s The Tempest . However, with her film opening in more theaters this weekend, it’s time to post my video interview with the star of the movie, Helen Mirren. Adapt more
Currently playing in limited release is writer-director Julie Taymor’s The Tempest . Adapted from William Shakespeare, Taymor has added a twist to The Tempest by switching the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Pros more
With writer-director Julie Taymor’s The Tempest opening December 10 in New York and Los Angeles, we’ve been given 5 clips and 15 high resolution images from the film. Adapted from William Shakespeare, Taymor has added a twist to the mate more
Having worked with director Julie Taymor previously on Titus , Alan Cumming signed on to be a part of her vision of Shakespeare’s The Tempest because he was excited to share scenes with acclaimed actor Chris Cooper, as well as the rest o more
In Julie Taymor’s version of William Shakespeare’s final masterpiece The Tempest , the gender of the traditionally male sorcerer Prospero has been changed into the sorceress Prospera and is played by the illustrious Helen Mirren. The film follows th more
New images have been released for the upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring Helen Mirren and Russell Brand. Written and directed by Julie Taymor, who also helmed 2007’s Across the Universe as well as the fantast more
The poster for Julie Taymor's adaptation of The Tempest has gone online. It serves as a visual reminder that Taymor directed Titus. I think it would have been smart to straight-up mention that movie on the poster, but you still get the notion that Ta more
Touchstone Pictures has released a new official production image from "The Tempest", an iteration of the classic Shakespeare play. The still gives the first look at Russell Brand as Trinculo and Alfred Molina as drunken butler Stephano. They are more
William Shakespeare qualifies for principal writing credit. But this aloof, spectacle oriented adaptation of The Tempest — theatrically ambitious, musically busy, and in the end cinematically inert — clearly reflects the authorship of myth-lov more
