A new adaptation of Macbeth is in the works. But this one has some interesting casting. Jennifer Connelly, whose beauty and talent often causes me to curl up into a fetal position, will play Lady Macbeth and Philip Seymour Hoffmann will play the infamous murderer. Todd Luiso is attached to direct. The film promises to be "a different kind of Shakespeare". But whether this means Baz Luhrmann bombast or West Side Story, it's difficult to say. However, Luiso might be just the guy to do this, given that he previously directed a film adaptation of Tom Stoppard's short play, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet. (via Romancing the Tome)
Posted by DrMabuse at May 23, 2005 06:00 AM