Check out the trailer for the big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s mystical thriller The Tempest, as helmed by director Julie Taymor (Across the Universe, Frida, Titus).
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Pic changed the original dynamic of the story, making the the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen). Prospera’s journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural.
Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou, Alan Cumming, and Reeve Carney also star in the pic, out December 10th.