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'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Trounces Taymor

In what might be a perfect illustration of the maxim "too little, too late," the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the most expensive and most dangerous play in Broadway's history, have decided it's time to make some changes — less than a week before its March 15 opening.

03/10/11

New Featurette for 'The Tempest'

A new featurette has been released that sums up the story behind The Tempest, and we have it embedded below just for you!

12/01/10

Fifteen New Images for 'The Tempest'

We have fifteen new images embedded below from Julie Taymor's upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

11/11/10

Helen Mirren dedicates 'The Temptest' to chicks

Mirren made a rousingly female-power-inspired speech at the premiere of Julie Taymor's The Tempest at the Venice Film Festival this past September.

10/14/10

Trailer for 'The Tempest' - finally!

Magic? Check. Swordfights? Check. Shakespeare? YES! We finally have a trailer for Julie Taymor's The Tempest with Helen Mirren. And we're very very happy.

10/06/10

Taymor and Mirren talk 'The Tempest' at world premiere

Renowned for her wonderfully inventive works for both stage and screen, Julie Taymor has applied her considerable talents to this fascinating rendering of Shakespeare’s late, great mystical romance.

10/03/10

Julie Taymor's fantastical 'The Tempest' premieres at Venice Film Fest

The 2010 Venice Film Festival will finally screen Julie Taymor's long-anticipated fantasy film The Tempest, based on the Shakespeare play.

07/31/10

Julie Taymor's 'The Tempest' Completed

Julie Taymor's dark fantastic play-to-film adaptation of William Shakespeare's most fantastic play, 'The Tempest', has completed filming. One of the major twists? Helen Mirren stars as 'Prospera', a feminized version of the dark sorceror in the original play. Taymor directed the extremely gory and dark Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins, from Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus' in 1999 to critical acclaim and amazement.

In Shakespeare's fantastical thriller 'The Tempest', 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...

04/18/10

Kathryn Bigelow's 'The Hurt Locker' wins Gotham Independent Film Award

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced the winners of the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at a ceremony held at New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street.

In addition to the her action/war film The Hurt Locker being awarded Best Feature, a career tribute was presented to filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow's other films as director include the vampire film Near Dark, the sci-fi thriller Strange Days, and the action thriller Point Break...

12/01/09

Helen Mirren to be honored with Career Achievment Award at PSIFF

The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Helen Mirren with the Career Achievement Award! The Festival runs January 5-18, 2010.

12/01/09

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