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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Julie Taymor’s The Tempest

Titus…I never saw it but I’m sure we’ll have something that just as ambitiously vibrant and visually lush — it’s been pushed back due to extra special effects coating, I like this might be 2010’s dark horse pic of the year.

IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#30. The Tempest

Director/Writer: Julie Taymor
Producers: Robert Chartoff, Lynn Hendee, Jason K. Lau, Julia Taylor-Stanley and Taymor
Distributor: Miramax Films.

The Gist: In Shakespeare’s fantastical thriller the magician Prospero orchestrates spirits, monsters, a grief-stricken king, a wise old councillor, two treacherous brothers and a storm at sea into a fantastical conspiracy bringing banishment, sorcery and shipwreck into the lives of two hapless lovers to stir and seal their fate. Here Prospero takes female form as Prospera (Mirren), giving her journey of vengeance and self-discovery a wholly new resonance.….(more)

Cast: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Cooper, Alfred Molina, Alan Cumming, Ben Whishaw and David Strathairn.

Why is it on the list?: Titus…I never saw it but I’m sure we’ll have something that just as ambitiously vibrant and visually lush — it’s been pushed back due to extra special effects coating, I like this might be 2010’s dark horse pic of the year. 

Release Date/Status?: 2010 release with a premiere at either Venice, TIFF or London.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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