Laurence Olivier's Macbeth film project rises from the dead 50 years on

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 12:36am

For more than 50 years it has been one of the great questions of British cinema: what would the celebrated actor and director Laurence Olivier have done with Shakespeare's Macbeth if he had managed to make a big-screen version?

Olivier, who was bitterly disappointed when his attempt to film the play was scuppered by financial problems, tried to shroud the project in mystery during his lifetime, saying there were no surviving copies of his screenplay and teasing fans and critics that nobody would ever have any idea how his version would have compared with those of Orson Welles or Roman Polanski.

But now an academic searching for something quite different has stumbled upon 13 versions of the lost screenplay among papers and discovered that Olivier had some surprises in store.
The Guardian

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 12:44am

So when does Branagh begin filming it?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 12:49am

Helena B to the C as Lady M!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 1:25am

You mean Helena Bonham Carter? Ohhh, and Sacha for Macbeth!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 1:29am

Haters gonna hate, but I would watch the crap out of that!

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 11:02am

I'd give anything to see Vivien as Lady Macbeth.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 11:58am

Just to have heard her say "Screw your courage to the sticking place!"

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/2/13 at 12:13pm

The fight for the role of Lady Macbeth sounds perfect for season 3 of SMASH!