Russell Brand and Helen Mirren Movie to Premiere at Venice Film Festival!
Posted on September 1st, 2010 at 1:28 pm by
As movie stars from Hollywood and around the world gather in Venice, Italy for the annual Venice Film Festival, Russell Brand and Dame Helen Mirren anticipate the premiere of their film The Tempest, which also stars English actor Alfred Molina. The film, directed by American director Julie Taymore and based on William Shakespeare’s play of the same name about the struggle between a brother and sister with mystical powers, is scheduled to be screened on the closing night of this year’s festival.
The debut of The Tempest will follow a crowd of movies that are to be screened, as almost 80 films are expected to premiere during the festival’s 11-day run. Although The Tempest is not being entered into the festival’s competition, 22 of the films being screened are in contention for the Golden Lion.
This is exactly the type of film I would expect to see Mirren and Molina in, but I must confess I was a little surprised to learn that Brand will be featured in such an artistic project. From St. Trinian’s to Shakespeare, Russell’s career certainly has come a long way in the last three years. Still, we will have to wait until the final day of the festival to see just how well his performance is received…
