Fassbender To Star In “Macbeth” Movie
“Prometheus” star Michael Fassbender will play Macbeth in a film version of the William Shakespeare tragedy, produced by the company behind Fassbender’s “Shame” and “The King’s Speech.” Screen Daily reports that the picture will be directed by the Australian film-maker Justin Kurzel, best known for his 2011 crime drama “Snowtown.” Macbeth charts the rise and fall of a Scottish general, who seizes the throne with the help of his ambitious wife and eventually sparks a civil war. Shakespeare’s play has been tackled in the past by directors such as Roman Polanski, Akira Kurosawa and Orson Welles, who described his 1948 adaptation as “a violently sketched charcoal drawing of a great play.”
