Anonymous Movie Trailer

What if William Shakespeare never actually wrote a single word of the poems and plays credited to him? Anonymous, directed by Roland Emmerich, explores that question in a story of intrigue and murder. Check out the trailer and see what you think:

Anonymous stars Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, and Xavier Samuel, and is set to hit theaters on September 30, 2011.

Anonymous Plot:

Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.