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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

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 is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts