Sanaa Lathan, Terrence Howard, Blair Underwood and Harry Lennix to Star in Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ set in the Caribbean
The film, to be titled Macbett, is written and directed by Aleta Chappelle, who is the first African American woman to direct a film version of a Shakespeare play. The film is set to start pre-production in Sept. 2013 on location in Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Excited!
I AM WATCHING THE SHIT OUT OF THIS
must go and see this!!!!! (PS I was one of the witches in my college’s production of it which happens to be one of my two favorite roles to date so I have a deep rooted love for all things Macbeth)
OMFG YES.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW THIS MEANS CARIBBEAN WITCHES!!??
AHHHHHH!!!!!! YES :D <3333
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So after other ethnically diverse adaptations of Macbeth (Japanese, West African, others ?) it will be interesting to...
I’m so excited for this!
Anytime a Whedon alum decides to do Shakespeare, I am happy.
I would love to be excited about this except Terrence Dashon skeeves me out on multiple levels. I can’t help but wonder...