Zac Efron stars in this late release about a teenager who is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of “Julius Ceasar” directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.
The Scoop
Zac Efron will star as high school senior Richard Samuels—an age and grade level the actor knows well—who, while walking the streets of Manhattan one day, comes across Orson Welles’ still unopened Mercury Theater.
Shakespearean auteur, pre-Citizen Kane, is staging a production of Julius Caesar. Richard lands a bit part in the play and does a lot of growing up during his brief time under Welles’ tutelage.
Why you care
Is Zac Efron gay, or not?
Release Date
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Starring
Zac Efron, Ben Chaplin, George Coulouris, Christian McKay, James Tupper
Reminds me of
The prestige
The Good
Orson Welles rocks.
The Bad
Zac Efron
Our Clever Prediction
Gigantic flop at the box office, straight to video.
