Mr. Anonymous

Mr. End Of The World Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012) may be gearing up to do Foundation..but not until he tackles William Shakespeare...Sort of...



Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis and Rhys Ifans have all joined "Anonymous", a Shakespeare-themed royal political thriller says Empire Online.

John Orloff ("A Mighty Heart") wrote the script which explores the theory that Shakespeare was not the author of his plays, but that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford wrote all of the stuff

The film will also explore the declining years of Elizabeth's reign as her court devolved into feuding factions between the Cecils and the Essex's..

Redgrave will play Elizabeth, Thewlis will be both the old and young incarnations of William Cecil and Ifans will be the Earl of Oxford.

Production kicks off in Berlin next month.