William Shakespeare's dark and twisted The Tragedy of Macbeth is getting the Joel Coen treatment.

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in a Joel Coen-directed Shakespeare adaptation? Sign us up immediately.

With writer-director Scott Frank’s The Queen’s Gambit now streaming on Netflix, I recently got to speak with Moses Ingram about making the fantastic limited series. If you haven’t seen the trailers, The Queen’s Gambit is based on the novel by Watler Tevis and follows Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), who was abandoned to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s. While there, she discovers an extraordinary talent for the game of chess, but also becomes addicted to the tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. After getting adopted by Alma Wheatley (…

Back in my day, high school movies based on Shakespeare were all the rage, from 10 Things I Hate About You to the controversial drama O. The Bard's work indeed offers fertile ground for modern adaptations, including those told through a YA lens, and to that end, Amazon Studios is mounting a teenage Lady Macbeth musical that will be produced by Channing Tatum and Scooter Braun. Anna and the Apocalypse helmer John McPhail will direct from a script by up-and-coming writer S.J. Inwards. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the untitled film will follow a teenage girl …

Just because Joel Coen's Macbeth had to shut down production temporarily doesn't mean it isn't still one of our most highly-anticipated films of...whenever it comes out now. Any updates on the filmmaker's adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy—which is set to star Denzel Washington in the title role alongside Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth—is a good update. Which is exactly what we got from both Coen and McDormand during an Instagram fundraiser [via The Film Stage], where the duo dove into the tone of the film, and how aging up the two …

Newcomer Moses Ingram has been cast alongside Denzel Washington and Corey Hawkins in Joel Coen‘s adaptation of William Shakespeare‘s Macbeth, Collider has exclusively learned. Washington will play the title character, while two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand will co-star as Lady Macbeth. Elsewhere, Hawkins will play Macduff, and Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson will play King Duncan in the A24 movie, which is being produced by Scott Rudin. Coen is directing from his own original screenplay, and Macbeth will mark his first time not working alongside his brother, Ethan Coen, with whom he shares four Oscars. Production is …

Two-time SAG Award nominee Corey Hawkins is in talks to join Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in Joel Coen's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Collider has exclusively learned. Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson is in talks to play King Duncan in the A24 movie, which is being produced by Scott Rudin. Coen is directing from his own original screenplay, and Macbeth will mark his first time not working alongside his brother, Ethan Coen, with whom he shares four Oscars. Production is slated to start early next year. Shakespeare's Macbeth follows a general (Washington) who’s …

Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson is in talks to join Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in Joel Coen's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Collider has exclusively learned. Scott Rudin is producing the A24 movie, and the distributor declined to comment, while a representative for Gleeson did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Shakespeare's Macbeth follows a general (Washington) who’s convinced by a trio of witches that he’s destined to become the king of Scotland. With the help of his ambitious wife (McDormand), Macbeth tries to seize the crown by any means necessary. Gleeson …

It’s only been a few years since the last Macbeth adaptation, but you won’t see me complaining about new takes on one of Shakespeare’s best plays, especially when the talent is there. Deadline reports that Joel Coen is set to do a new adaptation of the Scottish play starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. For those who are still somehow unaware of a play that’s over 400 years old, the story follows Lord and Lady Macbeth, who plot to murder the Scottish king and take the throne. There are still some big questions with regards to …