William Shakespeare

Michael Fassbender faces torment in the US trailer for Macbeth

Posted 11 years ago

From the producers of THE KING’S SPEECH comes another feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king....

Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard star in first trailer for Macbeth

Posted 11 years ago

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard have a lust for power in this first trailer for MACBETH. The latest adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy comes from SNOWTOWN and THE TURNING director Justin Kurzel (who is set to re-team with Fassbender...

Go to war with Michael Fassbender in first clips from MacBeth

Posted 11 years ago

I am a sucker for a good Shakespeare movie. There has been a trend to set the classic works of the Bard in an anachronistic time period like Baz Luhrmann‘s ROMEO + JULIET or Julie Taymor‘s exceptional TITUS. But, there...

Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard feign royalty in these Macbeth images

Posted 12 years ago

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since we’ve seen the first images from Justin Kurzel‘s MACBETH, but the film looks to premiere at Cannes film festival, so hopefully we’ll hear about a theatrical release date shortly...

Martin Scorsese may direct film version of Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth play

Posted 12 years ago

Justin Kurzel's MACBETH starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard will be in theaters later this year, but it appears another big screen take on the William Shakespeare tragedy is in the works from Kenneth Branagh and Martin Scorsese. Branagh starred...

Review: Cymbeline

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: An update of William Shakespeare‘s play involving the patriarch of a biker gang who refuses to allow his daughter to be with a member of his club. REVIEW: Either William Shakespeare had a rare off day when he conceived...

Keep your head while watching the new bullet-filled trailer for Anarchy

Posted 12 years ago

There’s a new trailer for the film ANARCHY, which was previously titled Cymbeline. The new trailer turns down the speed a little and cranks up the violence, no complaints. It’s based on William Shakespeare‘s Cymbeline and was written and directed...

New trailer for Cymbeline; a crime and drug filled Shakespeare adaptation

Posted 12 years ago

We have a new CYMBELINE trailer for you tonight, and as we’ve mentioned, if you’re a fan of Sons of Anarchy which is heavily influenced by William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", then you’re likely to enjoy this badass movie. This time, it’s...

First images from Macbeth featuring Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard

Posted 13 years ago

The Daily Mail has posted the first images from the new big screen version of William Shakespeare's MACBETH from director Justin Kurzel (SNOWTOWN), giving us a great look at the Michael Fassbender as the title character and Marion Cotillard as...

Sons of Anarchy meets Shakespeare in the trailer for Cymbeline starring Ed Harris and Ethan Hawke

Posted 13 years ago

Fans of the FX biker series SONS OF ANARCHY are already fully aware that the series is heavily influenced by William Shakespeare‘s HAMLET. While that series deviates from the classic play in some ways, The Bard’s immortal tale is front...

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