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‘Macbeth’ to make U.S. appearance

Published on April 27, 2007

There is a time lapse when if one hasn’t found distribution then they might want to go the DIY route. Truly Indie is a program for filmmakers seeking self-distribution at theaters nationwide and a small Australian film from the director of Romper Stomper is choosing just that route.

I imagine this is in the vein of what Baz Luhrmann did with Romeo & J, Geoffrey Wright's updated film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth will be domestically distributed by Truly Indie and Union Station Media.

Set in the contemporary crime world of Melbourne, Australia, Sam Worthington stars in a contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's “Macbeth” set in the ganglands of Melbourne. Expect sex scenes and violence.

The unrated feature will debut June 15 in Seattle, followed by openings throughout August in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).