In Shakespeare’s fantastical thriller the magician Prospero orchestrates spirits, monsters, a grief-stricken king, a wise old councillor, two treacherous brothers and a storm at sea into a fantastical conspiracy bringing banishment, sorcery and shipwreck into the lives of two hapless lovers to stir and seal their fate. Here Prospero takes female form as Prospera, giving her journey of vengeance and self-discovery a wholly new resonance. As Prospera breaks her magical staff against an entrancing volcanic landscape at the end of her heroic quest, this poignant story of love and forgiveness translates into a riveting and filmic mystical tale, for our own times.
Julie Taymor is an Academy Award-nominated director, known for such films as Frida (2002) and Across the Universe (2007). Julie is a great choice to Direct this film, and it shows in the trailer. Also the cast for this film is not only amazing but most of them have backgrounds in theater which would defiantly give them an edge when playing Shakespearean characters.
A very interesting but delightfully refreshing choice of character is casting Russel Brand as Trinculo. For those of you not familiar with the play Trinculo is the Jester which Russel is a great pick for, he’s wonderful at playing flamboyantly funny characters and I look forward in seeing him in this film.
The trailer seems interesting, and visually entertaining. I’m looking forward to when maybe a clip is released from the film to see how everyone is playing their characters.
