‘The Tempest’ Trailer (video)

The latest Shakespeare adaptation stars Helen Mirren, Russell Brand and Alan Cumming

 In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's mystical thriller "The Tempest," Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor ("Across the Universe," "Frida," "Titus") brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar winner Helen Mirren ("The Queen").

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