Showing posts with label SHAKESPEARE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SHAKESPEARE. Show all posts

BEN MENDELSOHN IS KING, ROBERT PATTINSON PRINCE IN TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, JOEL EDGERTON'S HENRY V MOVIE 'THE KING' AT NETFLIX! MEET THE REST OF THE COURT!

   'THE KING' HENRY V FILM
ADS MEMBERS TO THE TIMOTHEE CHALAMET'S ROYAL COURT
Robert Pattinson will be the French Prince!
I must admit this cast has zero charisma to me, but maybe you won't agree. After adding Timothee Chalamet and Joel Edgerton as leads in THE KING movie, Netflix has rounded up the cast with Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris and Lily Rose Depp.

  David Mich�d directs the movie based on Shakespeare plays Henry IV and Henry V which follow a young disgraced prince Hal (Timothee Chalamet) who inherits the crown at a particularly turbulent time in English history and must learn what it means to be a king, guided by his one true friend, Falstaff (Joel Edgerton). The story is set at the time when England  waged the Hundred Year war against France which culminated with the famous 1415 Battle Of Agincourt!
Timothee Chalamet and Ben Mendelsohn are Henry V and Henry IV
 French prince The Dauphin will be played by Robert Pattinson while Ben Mendelsohn will play Hal's daddy King Henry IV!  Johnny's daughter Lily Rose Depp will portray French Princess Catherine, who will later on become
Tom Glynn Carney, Lily Rose Deep and Thomasin Mckenzie
the wife of Henry V! Sean Harris will play a character named William, while Tom Glynn-Carney will be noble rebel Hotspur and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie will be Henry V�s younger sister Princess Philippa! 

SHAKESPEARE SUNDAY: BBC SETS AIRING DATE FOR ANTHONY HOPKINS' 'KING LEAR' WITH EMMA THOMPSON, EMILY WATSON, JIM BROADBENT, TOBIAS MENZIES! STUNNING NEW 'MACBETH' WITH MARK ROWLEY

  BBC SETS DATE FOR 'KING LEAR'
WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS, EMMA THOMPSON, EMILY WATSON!
A little bit of Shakespeare for your enlightenment today, starting with Anthony Hopkins' TV movie KING LEAR which will air on BBC Two Monday 28th May! You can check out the trailer below the post!
THE BURDEN OF BEING A KING
Set in the fictional present, the 80 year old King Lear (Anthony Hopkins) divides his kingdom among his daughters, Goneril (Emma Thompson), Regan (Emily Watson) and Cordelia (Florence Pugh) - according to their
The new adaptation was directed by Richard Eyre!
affection for him. Cordelia refuses to flatter him, so he banishes her. Having acquired power, Goneril and Regan expel their father from their homes. At the
Hopkins was mistaken for a homeless man during the shooting
same time, Lear's prime minister, Gloucester (Jim Broadbent), is betrayed by his son Edmund (John Macmillan) and his other son, Edgar (Andrew
Tobias Menzies is also the part of the stunningly stellar cast
Scott), is forced to go into hiding. Lear becomes mad, Gloucester is blinded: both the kingdom and the family descend into chaos and warfare.


  NEW 'MACBETH' MOVIE
Macbeth aired in UK cinemas in March
WITH MARK ROWLEY
Speaking of Shakespeare's works done in a new light, check out this one: MACBETH  entirely shot on green screen and reinvented by director Kit Monkman starring The Last Kingdom's Mark Rowley! Monkman�s unique adaptation successfully bridges the gap between theatre and film by exploiting the capabilities of the green screen to portray the vast world of make-believe while maintaining the traditional values, language and themes of Shakespeare�s original theatrical play.
Super hunky Mark Rowley plays the lead role

A BRAVE NEW VISION OF THE OLD STORY
Brilliant young general MACBETH pulls off a glorious victory in battle before returning to an indolent court where honours are dispensed by whim. Spurred on by prophesying drifters and an ambitious wife, MACBETH sets his sights on the throne. In Kit Monkman's adventurous new adaptation, this compelling tale of unchecked ambition, soured friendship, lost intimacy and the descent into nihilism is encountered in a strange and claustrophobic territory partly conjured by the mind. The movie is currently available to stream and download on Amazon.