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Snowtown director casts Michael Fassbender as Macbeth

Company behind The King's Speech to produce latest adaptation of 'the Scottish play'.

30 Apr 2013 12:00

Richard Watts

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Company behind The King’s Speech to produce latest adaptation of ‘the Scottish play’.

German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank, Shame, Prometheus) has been cast in the titular role in a new film version of Macbeth, to be directed by Australia’s Justin Kurzel, best known for his chilling crime film Snowtown (2011).

Based in London and Sydney, See-Saw was founded by producers Emile Sherman and Iain Canning in 2008.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts