Notes From An Unforgettable Afternoon With Sir Ian McKellen
We attended the Ian McKellen live show in London and it was an incredible experience. Here's what it was like to watch the master on stage.
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Netflix's 'The King' Spoiler Review: Shakespeare Without The Dialogue, Anchored By An Intense Timothée Chalamet
In our The King spoiler review, we take a look at the latest Netflix epic, which transforms Timothee Chalamet into a warrior ruler.
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An Action-Packed, Dystopian 'Romeo & Juliet' Is In The Works
Lionsgate has purchased the rights to the graphic novel, "Romeo and Juliet: The War," a futuristic, action-packed, dystopian Romeo & Juliet retelling.
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'Macbeth' Featurette: Examine Shakespeare With Michael Fassbender And Marion Cotillard
A new Macbeth featurette presents interviews with Shakespeare adaptation director Justin Kurzel and stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
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Martin Scorsese Might Direct A 'Macbeth' Movie, Says Kenneth Branagh
A Martin Scorsese Macbeth adaptation is coming, according to Kenneth Branagh. It's just a matter of scheduling (which is easier said than done).
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First Look: Michael Fassbender And Marion Cotillard In 'Macbeth'
Here's a first look at Michael Fassbender in Macbeth, where he brings Shakespeare's bloody play to life alongside Marion Cotillard.
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'Cymbeline' Trailer: Hell Is Here
Cymbeline is a modern telling of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, from writer-director Michael Almereyda and star Ethan Hawke, who previously teamed to adapt Hamlet in 2000. We only heard of this film recently, and we've already got a trailer, probably due to the effort to secure distribution for the film in various…
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10 Things We Learned From 'Breaking Bad' S5E12 "Rabid Dog"
As we promised in "The Ones Who Knock" Kickstarter, I will be doing weekly recaps here for each episode of Breaking Bad. For those of you unfamiliar with my recapping style, it's less of a straightforward plot summary and more a distillation of the most interesting elements of each week's episode. The recaps will spoil everything up…
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Marion Cotillard Will Be Party To Foul Murder In 'Macbeth'
Briefly: Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) is prepping a new film version of Shakespeare's bloody, twisted play Macbeth, and he's got Michael Fassbender to play the namesake character who lusts murderously after the throne of Scotland. Natalie Portman was originally the choice to play Lady Macbeth, but she's now out of the picture as it moves towards a…
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Watch Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart And Jeremy Irons In Trailer For Epic 'The Hollow Crown'
Was Joss Whedon's adaptation of the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing a little more lightweight than you like from the Bard? If so, the massive Sam Mendes-produced project The Hollow Crown might be what you're looking for. The BBC series adapts four Shakespeare plays, "Richard II," "Henry IV Part 1" and "Part 2," and "Henry…
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'Romeo & Juliet' Trailer And Poster: Young Hearts Run Free
These days, teen romances are as likely as not to involve vampires, werewolves, zombies, aliens, and/or hellish dystopian landscapes. At their heart, though, so many of them are about forbidden love of one kind or another. In other words, they're essentially Romeo & Juliet with supernatural bells and whistles. Now along comes the original Romeo &…
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'Much Ado About Nothing' Review: Joss Whedon Makes Shakespeare His Own
(This review originally ran during SXSW, in March. As Much Ado About Nothing hits theaters today, we present it once more.) In the world of drama, nothing is quite as distinct or lovely as the prose of William Shakespeare. His vocabulary, his rhythm, rhymes and descriptions, all established a standard against which others are still measured.…
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'Romeo And Juliet' Trailer: Hailee Steinfeld And Douglas Booth Are Doomed
Since her Oscar-nominated breakthrough performance in 2010's True Grit, Hailee Steinfeld has mostly kept out of the limelight. In fact, she hasn't appeared in a single movie since then. But with half a dozen releases planned for the next couple of years (including Ender's Game, Can a Song Save Your Life, and Three Days to…
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'Much Ado About Nothing' Trailer: Joss Whedon Does William Shakespeare
Joss Whedon's last directorial effort, The Avengers, was a massive affair all around. The culmination of Marvel Studios' ambitious years-long Cinematic Universe effort, the summer blockbuster boasted an all-star cast, a $220 million, and, eventually, a $1.5 billion box office take. So as a palate cleanser, he went super-duper-small for his next film. Shot over…
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Anne Hathaway To Star In Modern-Day 'Taming Of The Shrew' Adaptation
It's well established by now that an Academy Award win is no guarantee of a strong career, but Best Actress frontrunner Anne Hathaway seems likely to sidestep the so-called "Oscar jinx." For her next step, she's circling a modern(ish) retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. No director is attached yet, but with a script by…
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Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' Gets Prime June 2013 Release Date
It's a big deal when the new movie arrives from the director of one of the biggest movies ever to set box office receipts blazing. But this time it's a little bit weird, too. Because the director is Joss Whedon, whose film The Avengers became a massive success early this past summer. His next film,…
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Lionsgate/Roadside To Distribute Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Though Joss Whedon has floated the idea of releasing Much Ado About Nothing over iTunes if the film couldn't find a theatrical distributor, in truth it seemed unlikely that the man behind the $1.5 billion Avengers juggernaut would be unable to find some studio, somewhere, willing to strike a deal. And indeed, Lionsgate / Roadside has…
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Early Buzz: Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Joss Whedon's already two for two this year, earning critical raves for The Cabin in the Woods (which he co-wrote with Drew Goddard) and then knocking it out of the park on every level with The Avengers. But he's not finished: His third film of the year, the black-and-white William Shakespeare adaptation Much Ado About Nothing, just…
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New Photos: Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, And Alexis Denisof Banter In Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Trust Joss Whedon to go from the $220 million extravaganza that is The Avengers to a micro-budget indie adaptation of William Shakespeare. The filmmaker announced last fall that he'd secretly shot Much Ado About Nothing in just two weeks while taking a brief break from his work on his superhero flick, and it's now due…
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Joss Whedon, Sean Maher, And Amy Acker Talk 'Much Ado About Nothing'; First Photos Revealed
Yesterday, news broke of Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, an indie Shakespeare adaptation he'd filmed in secret while taking a short vacation from The Avengers, just 'cause. Little was known about the project when it was first announced, but in a recent interview the writer/director and stars Sean Maher and Amy Acker opened up…
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Joss Whedon Secretly Filmed A Shakespeare Adaptation While Working On 'The Avengers'
For most filmmakers, writing and directing a high-profile, big-budget would-be blockbuster with a slew of beloved celebs playing iconic characters would provide more than enough stress and excitement to keep them occupied for quite some time. But apparently, Avengers helmer Joss Whedon somehow still had energy left to burn -- so much so that he's…
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Page 2: The Incredibles, Howard Stern, Star Trek 2, The Avengers, Harry Potter, Bill Maher, Scream 4, Tommy Lee Jones, X-Men
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 40 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Roland Emmerich's Shakespeare Film Sounds Appropriately Insane
Before he gets around to making Foundation, and consequently cutting out the hearts of Isaac Asimov fans with a rusty butter knife, Roland Emmerich is crafting a film called Anonymous. The idea behind the project is the oft-scorned theory that the works of William Shakespeare were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl…
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David Simon Talks New HBO Series Treme And All Things The Wire
There is little doubt in the minds of many critics and cultured viewers that any single season of The Wire would be perched near or atop the best films of the decade if it qualified. In a new eight-page interview with Vice, the writer and creator behind all five seasons of the HBO series, David…
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