Trailer #2 for Roland Emmerich's ANONYMOUS

Columbia Pictures has released a second trailer for Roland Emmerich's new Shakespeare conspiracy film Anonymous. The film is based on the theory that William Shakespeare never wrote anything that has his name on it. This is a theory that many scholars believe to be true, and it's a great concept that could make for a very interesting film. 

I'm not a fan of Emmerich's work that includes 10,000 BC, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow. I just don't think he's just not a very good storyteller, but this new movie of his looks intriguing. 

The film stars Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower and Derek Jacobi.

Here's the synopsis for the film:

Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, and it 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.

The film is set to be released on September 30th 2011. Watch the new trailer below and let us know what you think!