Latest Julie Taymor News
Roger Rees To Be Posthumously Inducted To Theater Hall Of Fame
The Wales-born actor lost his battle with cancer in July (15), and the Broadway community came out to pay tribute to the 71 year old during a ceremony at the New Amsterdam Theater...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 September 2015
Anne Hathaway And Julie Taymor Team Up For Grounded
Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway and Tony-award winning director Julie Taymor have come together to recreate one of the most important plays in recent American theatrical history.The award-winning actress will be solo on stage as she...
By Charlotte Court in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 January 2015
"Maybe A Spider-man Musical Is Ridiculous" Inside The Disastrous 'Turn Off The Dark'
After six major injuries, several legal cases and underwhelming ticket sales, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will end its run on Broadway. Costing $75 million to create - making it the most expensive musical in...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 November 2013
Jilted Spider-man Broadway Director Julie Taymor Reaches Settlement
News broke yesterday (April 10, 2013) that Julie Taymor, the jilted director of the ill-fated Spiderman Broadway production has finally reached a settlement with the show’s producers. However, we do not know what that settlement...
By Hayley Avron on 11 April 2013
Spider-man Broadway Production And Julie Taymor To Finally Reach Settlement
A protracted legal saga between the producers of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Of The Dark and their former actress Julie Taymor looks like it might finally be coming to a settlement.The pair fell out when the...
By Contributor on 24 January 2013
Julie Taymor Accuses Bono, The Edge, Of Plotting Against Her
Julie Taymor has claimed that the producers of the ill-fated Spider-Man musical 'fraudulently induced' her to work on the musical whilst they plotted to oust her from the project and U2's Bono and The Edge...
By WENN on 05 March 2012
Julie Taymor Claims There Was 'Conspiring' In Bono's "Spiderman" Musical
Julie Taymor has slammed her former creative partners who were involved in the Bono musical 'Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark'. According to the Los Angeles Times, Julie Taymor has revealed in court papers that she...
By Lew Irwin on 03 March 2012
Julie Taymor Sues Spiderman Bosses For "Hundreds Of Thousands"
Julie Taymor, the former director of the ill-fated Spiderman Broadway show has successfully sued the shows producers for "hundreds of thousands of dollars", says a report on the Bbc News website today (February 17, 2012)....
By WENN on 17 February 2012
Helen Mirren: 'Female Spy Roles Are Undervalued'
Dame Helen Mirren believes there should be more female spy roles.The Oscar-winning actress - who has played an assassin in 'Red' and a retired Israeli secret service agent in 'The Debt' in recent years -...
By Bang Showbiz on 31 August 2011
Taymor Steps Down As Spider-man Director, U2 Stars Writing New Music
Julie Taymor has stepped down as director of Broadway's Spider-man musical as producers prepare to make "significant" revisions to the troubled show.Taymor will remain part of the creative team behind Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark...
By WENN on 10 March 2011
Helen Mirren: 'Make-up In The Tempest Would Be Ridiculous'
Dame Helen Mirren didn't wear any make-up in 'The Tempest' as it would have been "ridiculous" to do so. The 65-year-old actress portrays sorcerer Prospera in the adaptation of the William Shakespeare classic - in...
By Bang Showbiz on 08 March 2011
Julie Taymor Says Spiderman Musical Is Not Quite There
Julie Taymor, the director of the Broadway musical 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark', has admitted that the production is 'not quite there'.Julie Taymor, the acclaimed American theatre director, has spoken of her struggle with 'Spider-Man:...
By WENN on 03 March 2011
Dame Helen Mirren And Russell Brand Take On The Tempest
Dame Helen Mirren and Russell Brand are among the cast members of an experimental upcoming film of Shakespeare's The Tempest.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Julie Taymor's take on the Bard sees Mirren as Prospera, a...
By Contributor on 08 October 2008
Hayek Plays 12 Nurses In Beatles Musical
SALMA HAYEK was so desperate to land "any role" in pal JULIE TAYMOR's new BEATLES movie musical, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, she ended up playing 12 nurses in the film. When the Latina heard her Frida...
By WENN on 22 September 2007
Hopkins' Titus 'Crisis'
OSCAR-winning actor SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS was "out of his mind" during the shooting of 1999 movie TITUS and frequently frightened his co-stars, claims the film's director. JULIE TAYMOR alleges Hopkins, 66, was going through...
By WENN on 15 April 2004
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