Film4 has received a total of 41 nominations for the films it has backed at this year’s British Independent Film Awards, including six for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth.
Justin Kurzel may well succeed in making Shakespeare cool again for mainstream cinemagoers judging by the mostly ecstatic reviews in Cannes for Macbeth.
Australia hasn’t had a film in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 2011 but Justin Kurzel will fly the flag with Macbeth at next month’s festival.
Harvey Weinstein has risked his money releasing more Australian films than any other US distributor so it is fitting that he'll receive two awards from Aussie organisations this month.
Director Justin Kurzel has begun pre-production in London on Macbeth, which stars Michael Fassbender as the ambitious Scottish king and Marion Cotillard as the conniving Lady Macbeth.
Marion Cotillard will play the scheming Lady Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's film adapted from the Shakespeare play.