Shakespeare 4 Kidz - Shakespeare in 3D

How about something a little more, sophisticated? Well, you�re in luck, because Elsinore Films� Mark Thomas is producing a 3-D musical version of HAMLET that is supposed to be aimed at the HARRY POTTER and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL audiences.

Thomas is actually adapting six Shakespeare plays to 3-D film, and the rest include MACBETH, ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT�S DREAM, TWELFTH NIGHT and THE TEMPEST. The films have rather modest budgets ($10M for the first three), but will be distributed globally once they�re all finished within the next 18 months or so.

I�m just curious as to how you adapt these movies for teens. Instead of the massive killing spree at the end of HAMLET, do they just settle things with a pick-up basketball game in the banquet hall? Instead of the double-suicide at the end of ROMEO AND JULIET, does the couple do a song and dance number to show their families they belong together?

Alright, I�ve just convinced myself that this project is awesome.

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What they say about us:
S4K MACBETH: "I have to admit to seeing probably all your Macbeths. All of them have been stunning shows, all of them have held the audience captive for the full 2 1/4 hours. But I felt that this one surpassed all previous ones. They get better and better because I thought the same last year and the year before!!! Perhaps it was the cast, or the evening itself that made it special but it was quite a spectacle and each child, parent and teacher was buzzing today with talk about the great show they had seen. Some of our smaller ones had not experienced S4K before and I know that they will now come back time and again with school and as individuals."

What they say about us:

S4K MACBETH: "I have to admit to seeing probably all your Macbeths. All of them have been stunning shows, all of them have held the audience captive for the full 2 1/4 hours. But I felt that this one surpassed all previous ones. They get better and better because I thought the same last year and the year before!!! Perhaps it was the cast, or the evening itself that made it special but it was quite a spectacle and each child, parent and teacher was buzzing today with talk about the great show they had seen. Some of our smaller ones had not experienced S4K before and I know that they will now come back time and again with school and as individuals."