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Sleep No More = LARP + Shakespeare + Absinthe + Orgy Masks

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:40:00 PST

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Since March, Punchdrunk theater company's immersive Shakespeare adaptation Sleep No More has converted an entire Manhattan loft building into a 100-room abandoned hotel from the 1940s. More »

Joss Whedon found time to make a Shakespeare movie?

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:53:38 PDT

Nathan Fillion just tweeted a link to MuchAdotheMovie.com, which announces the conclusion of principal photography on Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, an adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Is this a prank? A short film? Or did Whedon really find time to film another movie in the midst of working on The Avengers? The cast list includes Whedon stalwarts like Amy Acker, Fran Krantz, Tom Lenk and Sean Maher, plus Fillion himself. Is this going to be a trippy, surreal and possibly other-worldly take on Much Ado? The single image certainly gives us hope. [via Whedonesque] More »

William Shakespeare brings you . . . Terminator the Second

Annalee Newitz — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:00:00 PDT

Nothing could be better than a reboot of Terminator 2, written in the Elizabethan English that Shakespeare spoke. You know you want to see it. This summer, with your help, a theater company will stage Terminator the Second. More »

In this sneak peek of Kill Shakespeare, a happy dagger gets overzealous

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:40:00 PDT

Here's an exclusive preview of the tenth issue of IDW Publishing's fantasy series Kill Shakespeare, which hits stands Wednesday, April 20. In this preview, an enchanted dagger wreaks havoc on the book's bardly denizens. More »

Why isn't Shakespeare cosplay more popular?

Chris Braak — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:00:00 PDT

You're not a geek just because you like science fiction, I know that much, and you're not a geek just because you saw The Lord of the Rings (each movie three times, in the theaters, including the midnight rerelease?)...maybe that makes you a geek. More »

Could Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan's Gnomeo and Juliet finally edge out Pixar?

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:20:09 PST

2010 was a great year for CG animated movies from the "other" studios: How To Train Your Dragon and MegaMind both rocked. But can Gnomeo & Juliet finally equal Pixar with its strange/cute retelling of Romeo and Juliet? More »

In this exclusive preview of Kill Shakespeare, Iago and Othello duke it out (again)

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:00:00 PST

Here's an exclusive first look at the latest issue of IDW's Kill Shakespeare, a fantasy miniseries about the Bard's creations taking arms against him. In this preview, things become extremely real between Othello and that meddling Iago. More »

Watch as the sorcerer's daughter falls for a prince, in an exclusive clip from Julie Taymor's The Tempest

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:30:00 PST

In this exclusive clip from Julie Taymor's The Tempest, Prince Ferdinand falls in love-at-first-glance with Prospera (Helen Mirren)'s daughter Miranda. Nobody writes young lovers like Shakespeare, especially when his prose is brought to life by these flaxen-haired beauties. More »

Check out some gorgeous stills from Hollywood's gender swapped Tempest remake

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:37:58 PST

We love it when Hollywood remakes a Shakespeare classic — sans teeny-bopper trappings. We're especially tickled by The Tempest's decision to gender-swap the magical "Prospera," so Helen Mirren could be cast. Check out a collection of new Tempest stills. More »

Michael Caine cast in apocalyptic retelling of Shakespeare's Henry 5

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:20:00 PDT

Micheal Caine has joined a large group of drama pros in a science fiction retelling of Henry V, set on the edge of the apocalypse. More »

The gender-swapping, hyper-stylized trailer for Shakespeare's The Tempest

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:00:00 PDT

We never thought we'd see Russell Brand in a Shakespeare film, and yet here he is in the first ever trailer for Julie" Across The Universe" Taymor's gender-flopped Tempest translation. Watch Helen Mirren, as Prospera, summon the elements of magic! More »

Great moments in alternate history: Shakespeare and friends

David Daw — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:00:27 PDT

The Elizabethan era has everything: the mysterious lost years of William Shakespeare, his playwright/spy contemporary, and multiple plots to destroy England, and we haven't even gotten to the alternate history yet. More »

Watch Hamlet's Soliloquy Recited in the Original Klingon

Lauren Davis — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:00:00 PST

We all know that you haven't really heard Shakespeare until you've heard his works in the original Klingon. So one fan took it upon himself to dress as the Klingon prince Khamlet and recite the play's classic soliloquy. More »

The Shakespearean Heroes Science Fiction Should Steal From

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:10:10 PDT

William Shakespeare was the J.J. Abrams of his day, reinvigorating Elizabethan England's worn-out action-adventure franchises. And Shakespeare's writing still has clues for today's story-smiths. Characters who switch from nice to nasty? Secret passions? Strange disguises? The Bard got there first. More »

Hamlet, Prince Of Q'onos, Walks The Boards For The First Time

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:19:05 PST

You may have read Hamlet in the original Klingon, but you've probably never seen it performed — until now. More »

William Shakespeare, Science Fiction Author of the Forbidden Tomorrow Zone

Lauren Davis — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:40:00 PDT

David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, and Avery Brooks have all performed Shakespeare, proving that the Bard can benefit from actors who've cruised through space and time. And science fiction has had more than its share of Shakespearean influence: not just lines used here and there, but futuristic adaptations of his plays and mind-bending scenarios with the Bard himself as the star. Below, we've explored enough Shakespearey scifi to "engage" your English papers for the next ten years. More »

David Tennant Admits That Shakespeare Is Not As Good As Doctor Who

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:00:20 PDT

We've all suspected it for awhile, but kudos to David Tennant for finally coming out and admitting that, as good as the Bard may be, he still comes second to a good episode of Doctor Who. Talking to the admittedly-biased Doctor Who Magazine, Tennant (currently starring in the Royal Shakespeare Company's latest production of Hamlet) said, "I'm excited to be doing Hamlet, but I have got very at home in Cardiff. I love that crew. I love that set-up. I love the show, so I'm missing that. I miss Russell's writing... Shakespeare's all right, but he's lacking in spaceships." We knew there was a reason we loved that man. [Digital Spy] More »