From the Academy Award® winning producers of The King’s Speech and acclaimed director Justin Kurzel, comes a visceral and visually breath-taking retelling of the classic tale about an ambitious Scottish lord who seizes the throne with the help of his wife. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Fassbender and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard, MACBETH is an epic cinematic experience.
MACBETH is directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) and stars Academy-Award® nominee Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave) and Academy-Award® winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose).
MACBETH is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of Shakespeare’s most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-
consuming passion and ambition, set in war torn Scottish landscape.
The film also stars Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum), David Thewlis (the Harry Potter series), Sean Harris (Prometheus), Jack Reynor (What Richard Did) and Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby).
Academy Award® winners Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films (Shame, Tracks, Mr Holmes) produce with Laura Hastings-Smith (Hunger). See-Saw developed the project alongside Film4. STUDIOCANAL majority financed with Film4.
Director of photography is Adam Arkapaw (True Detective, Snowtown) production designer is Fiona Crombie (Snowtown, Top of the Lake). Costumes are designed by Academy Award® winner Jacqueline Durran (Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), make-up and hair designer is Academy-Award® winner Jenny Shircore (The Invisible Woman, My Week With Marilyn). The screenplay was written by Jacob Koskoff & Todd Louiso and Michael Lesslie.
