For free updates and exclusive new content Sign up

For free updates and exclusive new content sign up

In Australian director Justin Kurzel’s hands, the Shakespearean epic about a Scottish king is moulded for a modern audience, with haunting cinematography, immersive battle sequences and a passionate, power couple at its core. Produced by the UK’s Film4, See-Saw Films and Creative Scotland, British actors David Thewlis and Paddy Considine star alongside Fassbender and Cotillard.

Directors

Writers

Cast

Synopsis

Fearless warrior Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) returns home intent on fulfilling a prophecy to become the next King. But Lady Macbeth’s (Marion Cotillard) growing thirst for power sets in motion a chain of murderous events.