Hamlet and Macbeth are two of the most important roles an actor can perform – and hot property Michael Fassbender has just been lined up to play the latter. The Scottish play is famous for it’s gothic horror and witchcraft, effortlessly combining murder, betrayal and greed to make it one of Shakespeare’s most adapted plays.
Filming is due to begin later this year with Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) lined up to direct. The script, written by Todd Louiso and Jacob Koskoff, is said to be one of the most in-demand ahead of the Cannes Film Festival.
Macbeth tells the story of the eponymous Scottish lord who, after a chat with three ambiguous witches, sets about slaughtering his nearest and dearest in order to become king. There’s plenty in the story to transfer to film – blood, battles and ghosts for starters – and if can Kurzel manages to honour the subtleties as well as the gore, we should be in for a treat.
Fassbender, meanwhile, is currently filming the mutant sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past with James McAvoy (who coincidentally has just finished playing Macbeth in the West End).
It will be produced by See Saw – the same people who were behind Fassbender’s previous tour-de-force, Shame,
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