Shakespeare film adaptations are almost always popular. Why? William Shakespeare has been dead for like 500 years, but Shakespeare movies always have an audience. Not only that, but his plays and stories are in the public domain, ready to inspire writers to take the best parts of the stories and make them into something new. The fact of the matter is, it's hard to get Hollywood to greenlight anything these days. And it's expensive to find an intellectual property that everyone knows about or that has a bit of a buzz around it. So the reason Shakespeare movies stay popular is that they combine the best of both worlds: solid stories with name recognition, which makes them easily marketable all over. Today I wanted to take a look at the best Shakespeare movies and show you how these kinds of film adaptations can help inspire your own writing. Movie adaptations out of Shakespeare plays are a fruitful business, so pay attention. Let's dig in. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 11 December, 2020