The Scottish Play’s The Thing

Sean Bean in Macbeth

The Scottish Play's The Thing

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Shakespeare’s getting the movie treatment again. The lucky Bard.

This time it’s the ever-popular Macbeth being shoved through the adaptation wringer once more, with The Jacket’s John Maybury directing Vincent Regan’s script Come Like Shadows.

Sean Bean – who last played the bloodied Scot in a stage run three years ago – is the lead, with Narnia’s Tilda Swinton stepping into the role of Lady Macbeth. According to Variety, the film will use a period setting, but will be accessible to modern audiences.

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