Alan Cumming on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Alan Cumming appeared on last night's (October 27) episode to discuss his upcoming movie The Tempest and the second season of The Good Wife. A clip of the Late Night interview is below and you can watch the full episode here until November 12.

Trailer for 'The Tempest' unveiled

The first official trailer for Julie Taymor's adaptation of The Tempest is now available. The film stars Alan Cumming as Sebastian, and the cast also includes Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, David Strathairn, Alfred Molina, Russell Brand, Chris Cooper, and Ben Whishaw.

"In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the gender of Prospero has been switched to Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it's a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect."

The Tempest was mostly shot in Hawaii and opens on December 10 in the US.

'The Tempest' to screen at the New York Film Festival

The Tempest, which stars Alan Cumming, will be the Centerpiece selection at this year's New York Film Festival. After it closes the Venice Film Festival on September 11, it will then have its North American debut at the NYFF on Saturday, October 2, 2010.

'The Tempest' to close the Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival announced earlier today that Julie Taymor's adaptation of The Tempest (which stars Alan Cumming) will close the the festival on September 11. The Tempest is scheduled to open in December and the festival runs from September 1 to September 11.

First look: Alan Cumming in 'The Tempest'

It looks like this was recently posted on Alan Cumming's official site and features Chris Cooper, Helen Mirren, David Strathairn and Alan as Sebastian. Julie Taymor's adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest is scheduled to open in December.