First Clips Of Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in Macbeth

OMG, Shakespeare nerds – get excited! Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender as the titular king and Marion Cotillard as his power-hungry queen premiered at Cannes, and now they’ve released two teensy clips to whet our appetites for more medieval Scottish scheming.

Macbeth’s coronation:

And check out this awesome (if stylistically strange) battle scene:

While I’m sorry we don’t really get to see any quality Lady Macbeth action in these clips, I love the gritty, understated look of the film, and I know Fassbender is gonna kill this part. Macbeth doesn’t have a release date yet, or a distributor for that matter, but it will. Oh, it will.

(via Indiewire)

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