Sundance adds "rambunctious comedy"
Andrew Fleming's comedy "Hamlet 2" has been added to the Sundance Premieres section. Starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Poehler, and David Arquette, it's about a high school drama teacher who writes a musical sequel to the Shakespeare play in order to save the drama department.
The festival also announced the New Frontier on Main venue, which will house multimedia installations, performances, and panel discussions to compliment the previously announced Frontier film section. New Frontier artists will use emerging technologies to explore alternatives forms of narrative.
In my experience at the Frontier/New Frontier section, panel discussions and presentations were woefully attended. The program needs some rethinking, and some sort of attention-getting ingredient. They need to tour the interactive schools, namely NYU, USC, and MIT.
For example, this was an NYU interactive project.
The creator got an A+.
The festival also announced the New Frontier on Main venue, which will house multimedia installations, performances, and panel discussions to compliment the previously announced Frontier film section. New Frontier artists will use emerging technologies to explore alternatives forms of narrative.
In my experience at the Frontier/New Frontier section, panel discussions and presentations were woefully attended. The program needs some rethinking, and some sort of attention-getting ingredient. They need to tour the interactive schools, namely NYU, USC, and MIT.
For example, this was an NYU interactive project.
The creator got an A+.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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