The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is set to break new ground with “Lili,” an innovative video game adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” that relocates the classic tragedy to modern-day Iran. The project reimagines the story through Lady Macbeth’s perspective, blending live-action cinema with interactive gameplay.
Award-winning Iranian actress Zar Amir will lead the project, bringing a fresh interpretation to the iconic character. Players will explore a stylized, neo-noir version of contemporary Iran, where political tension and digital surveillance create a complex narrative landscape.
Developed in partnership with New York indie game studio iNK Stories, “Lili” transforms the play’s supernatural elements into a digital world of cyber intrigue. The adaptation reexamines Shakespeare’s themes of political ambition and personal compromise through a modern Iranian lens.
“This is both utterly Shakespearean, and radically defamiliarized,” said Emma Smith, an RSC Board member and Shakespeare scholar. The game’s co-artistic directors, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey,...
Award-winning Iranian actress Zar Amir will lead the project, bringing a fresh interpretation to the iconic character. Players will explore a stylized, neo-noir version of contemporary Iran, where political tension and digital surveillance create a complex narrative landscape.
Developed in partnership with New York indie game studio iNK Stories, “Lili” transforms the play’s supernatural elements into a digital world of cyber intrigue. The adaptation reexamines Shakespeare’s themes of political ambition and personal compromise through a modern Iranian lens.
“This is both utterly Shakespearean, and radically defamiliarized,” said Emma Smith, an RSC Board member and Shakespeare scholar. The game’s co-artistic directors, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey,...
- 1/23/2025
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Iranian actress and director Zar Amir (Holy Spider, Tatami) is set to play Lady Macbeth in Lili, a new interactive video game being produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in collaboration with New York indie video game studio iNK Stories. Amir’s Paris-based Alambic Production will co-produce. Lili marks the RSC’s video game debut.
The interactive take on Shakespeare’s iconic play will see Zar Amir play Lady Macbeth, aka Lili. The game is set in a stylized, neo-noir version of modern Iran, where everyone is under surveillance and the authoritarian state reaches into daily life. The gameplay will mix live-action cinema with an interactive format, giving players the chance to make the choices that will shake Lili’s destiny. Macbeth’s witches are reimagined as hackers and surveillance cameras and cyber-infiltration tools will allow players to immerse themselves in the game world.
“Lili takes up Shakespeare’s character-based exploration of political ambition,...
The interactive take on Shakespeare’s iconic play will see Zar Amir play Lady Macbeth, aka Lili. The game is set in a stylized, neo-noir version of modern Iran, where everyone is under surveillance and the authoritarian state reaches into daily life. The gameplay will mix live-action cinema with an interactive format, giving players the chance to make the choices that will shake Lili’s destiny. Macbeth’s witches are reimagined as hackers and surveillance cameras and cyber-infiltration tools will allow players to immerse themselves in the game world.
“Lili takes up Shakespeare’s character-based exploration of political ambition,...
- 1/23/2025
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The trailer for “The Roshans,” a Netflix documentary series chronicling three generations of the Bollywood dynasty, has been released. The project, directed by Shashi Ranjan and produced with Rakesh Roshan, explores the family’s influence on Indian cinema since the 1950s.
The documentary traces the family’s journey from composer patriarch Roshan Lal Nagrath (known professionally as Roshan), through his sons, actor and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan (the “Krrish” franchise) and composer Rajesh Roshan (“Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai”), and grandson, Bollywood megastar Hrithik Roshan (“War”), examining their collective impact on Indian film through music, directing and acting.
Industry figures including director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and superstar Shah Rukh Khan provide commentary, with Khan discussing Rakesh Roshan inspiring him during the making of blockbuster “Karan Arjun.”
“The Roshans” also showcases Hrithik Roshan’s career arc from his debut in “Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai” through subsequent films including “Koi Mil Gaya,...
The trailer for “The Roshans,” a Netflix documentary series chronicling three generations of the Bollywood dynasty, has been released. The project, directed by Shashi Ranjan and produced with Rakesh Roshan, explores the family’s influence on Indian cinema since the 1950s.
The documentary traces the family’s journey from composer patriarch Roshan Lal Nagrath (known professionally as Roshan), through his sons, actor and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan (the “Krrish” franchise) and composer Rajesh Roshan (“Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai”), and grandson, Bollywood megastar Hrithik Roshan (“War”), examining their collective impact on Indian film through music, directing and acting.
Industry figures including director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and superstar Shah Rukh Khan provide commentary, with Khan discussing Rakesh Roshan inspiring him during the making of blockbuster “Karan Arjun.”
“The Roshans” also showcases Hrithik Roshan’s career arc from his debut in “Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai” through subsequent films including “Koi Mil Gaya,...
- 1/9/2025
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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