Variety is reporting Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand are in talks to star in Joel Coen’s adaptation of “Macbeth.” Coen will direct from his own original script, and expects to shoot the movie before the end of the year. This marks his first film without his frequent directing/writing/producing partner and brother Ethan.
A24 will distribute the pic, which Scott Rudin will produce.
The iconic Shakespeare tale follows a lord (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.
Washington, who recently starred in “The Equalizer 2,” will first shoot the Warner Bros. thriller “Little Things” in the fall, followed by “Macbeth” at the top of 2020. He will then go right into his next directing job, “Journal for Jordan,” starring Michael B. Jordan.
Coen is coming off his Netflix Western “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” which he directed and wrote with his brother Ethan. It earned them an Oscar nomination for adapted screenplay.
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