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It is the second modern-day Shakespeare adaptation to star both John Leguizamo and Vondie Curtis-Hall. Both previously started in Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" (1996) as Tybalt and Captain Prince, respectively.

It premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on September 3rd, 2014.

This is also Ethan Hawke's second Shakespeare movie adaptation, his first was Hamlet (2000).

Ethan Hawke and James Ransome previously co-starred in Sinister (2013) together.

This is the second Shakespeare film for Spencer Treat Clark, who previously played Borachio in Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing in 2012.