Welcome Guest Blogger : KJ from Bardfilm!

If you hang out at all on Twitter and follow the Shakespeare crowd, you've no doubt seen Bardfim's hysterical lists with names like #ShakespeareanWWEWrestlers ("The Big Show-within-a-Show"!), #ShakespeareInBed (If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly....in bed!"), and many others that have long since scrolled out of my ability to search them.

"Why don't you gather those all together into list-posts so that people can find them later?" I asked. Long story short, we struck upon an idea - he posts them here!

Starting today (shortly, as a matter of fact) you'll see Bardfilm's lists showing up here on Shakespeare Geek, and I think the content will be a worthy addition to everybody's experience. If you're not already following his blog, go do so. He deserves the traffic. If you've ever spotted a Shakespeare reference on film, KJ's either already talked about it, or wants to hear about it.

Thanks, KJ!

Without further ado, let's get to the fresh content...

Romeo and Juliet : The TV Series?!

Oh, happy birthday to me. ABC is planning a Romeo and Juliet TV Series? Sure not a new thing -- "warring families" dramas have always been a popular subject. But my kids are getting to that age where they're very excited about being a part of Shakespeare, and having something on tv that they might be able to watch? I'm all for. (I just showed them the Tempest trailer this morning, and they're already begging me to see it ;))

No Twilight Hamlet?

This might be good news, depending on how you feel about the latest trend in Vampire movies. Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the Twilight movie(s?), was supposed to direct Emile Hirsch in her modern retelling of Hamlet, dubbed 'Haml3t'.

Not so fast.

I'm at least a little torn. I want there to be more Shakespeare movies, I said so in our "Shakespeare Stimulus" discussion a little while back. We've got The Tempest coming, and Coriolanus hot on its heels. But I worry about too many overly modernized Hamlets. Why not go do Winter's Tale or something else where you can make your mark?