He has also joined the Oppenheimer cast, for what will be his third collaboration with Christopher Nolan.

Next in the pipeline for Kenneth Branagh is This Sceptered Island, a miniseries in which he will play British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film also features Derek Jacobi as King Claudius, Julie Christie as Queen Gertrude, Kate Winslet as Ophelia, Michael Maloney as Laertes, Richard Briers as Polonius, and Nicholas Farrell as Horatio. Get Cinderella on Blu-Ray on Amazon (opens in new tab). Hamlet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet, adapted and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as Prince Hamlet. īuy/Rent Cinderella on Amazon (opens in new tab). Stream Cinderella on Starz (opens in new tab). Why it’s one of Kenneth Branagh’s best movies: Another time that Disney enlisted Kenneth Branagh’s directorial talents with fun and visually stunning results was a live-action retelling of its own classic animated adaptation of Cinderella, which launched Lily James onto the A-List (when she was best known from the Downton Abbey cast) and gave moviegoers another great princess to root for. Constantly ridiculed and taken advantage of by her cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett), a meek young woman (Lily James) receives a chance to break free of her dreary life when, with help from her fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter), she attends a royal ball held by a charming prince (Richard Madden) she met once before.

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