While Julie Taymor (director of the stage version of The Lion King), has yet to make a movie that’s been a complete success, Titus, Frida and Across The Universe all showed huge imagination. Now she’s taking on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and if this trailer is anything to go go, it’ll once more show off Taymor’s unique imagination. In a bit of gender-bending, Helen Mirren takes on the now female sorceress Prospera, whose journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural. The movie also stars Russell Brand, Reeve Carney, Tom Conti, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Djimon Hounsou, Felicity Jones, Alfred Molina, David Strathairn, and Ben Whishaw. It should be in UK cinemas early next year.