Disney is also prepping Alice in Wonderland, Freaky Friday, Dumbo, The Jungle Book and Father of the Bride for the stage. Combining both familiar and classical elements, Shakespeare in Love attracted an enormous. Along with instantly becoming a box office hit, Shakespeare in Love won seven Academy Awards, proving to appeal to contemporary audiences. The production company will help bring Peter and the Starcatcher to Broadway in spring 2012 and rumors continue to circulate around a Broadway transfer of Newsies. Recently, Shakespeare in Love, a motion picture directed by John Madden, was released to public viewers. BEVERLY HILLS, California (CNN) - Independent films fared extraordinarily well in the Oscar nominations Tuesday, with 'Shakespeare in Love. Shakespeare in Love is one of many shows currently in development from Disney Theatrical. 'Shakespeare in Love' tops Academy Awards nominee list. It was the big winner at that years awards, taking home seven.
Some of this movies hate may come from the fact that it upset Saving Private Ryan to win Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards. But while not everyone saw the victory of Shakespeare in Love coming at the Academy Awards on March 21, 1999, at the notable expense of Saving Private Ryan, it was hardly the stunning.
Directed by John Madden, the film also featured Tony winners Judi Dench (who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I) and Geoffrey Rush. The lowest-rated movie of the decade is John Maddens Shakespeare In Love, a period piece about a reinvented backstory for William Shakespeare. Suffering from writer's block while working on the tentatively titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter, Shakespeare (played onscreen by Joseph Fiennes) finds his muse in a beautiful actress (Gwyneth Paltrow in her Oscar-winning role) who dresses as a man to star in the show. Winner of seven Academy Awards, Shakespeare in Love humorously re-imagines the Bard's attempt to write his masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet. Tony winner and frequent Stoppard collaborator Jack O'Brien ( The Coast of Utopia) is expected direct the play. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck and Judi Dench. Sullivan Not every Academy Awards winner is met with praise and cinematic glory.
Tony winner Tom Stoppard, who scored an Oscar for co-writing the screenplay with Marc Norman, is set to pen the show, which is aiming for a London launch. Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein. From 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Crash,' a look back at the Academy Awards' most memorable upsets. A stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning 1998 film Shakespeare in Love is currently in development from Disney Theatrical and producer Sonia Freedman, according to Variety.