Marion Cotillard (
"La Vie En Rose",
"The Dark Knight Rises") has signed on to star in a new adaptation of
William Shakespeare's
"Macbeth". Cotillard will replace
Natalie Portman for the role of Lady Macbeth. The adaptation is directed by
Justin Kurzel (
"Snowtown") and written by
Todd Louiso &
Jacob Koskoff (
"The Marc Pease Experience").
Michael Fassbender is set to play the lead role of Macbeth, a Scottish general who becomes the King of Scotland through murder and ends up becoming a tyrant consumed by guilt and paranoia who commits murder after murder to protect himself. The movie has been described as taking a
"visceral approach to the story including significant battle scenes." Iain Canning &
Emile Sherman (
"The King's Speech") will produce the project and production is set to begin at the end of the year with shooting scheduled for January 2014 in the UK.
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