LetDenzel WashingtonandFrances McDormand’s Oscar campaigns begin.
Washington stars as Lord Macbeth while McDormand, whose face isn’t seen until the end of the trailer, stars as Lady Macbeth. The trailer doesn’t give much other than a gloomy and foreboding theme, but it does deliver the play’s most famous line.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes,” says a witchy voiceover in the trailer.
The teaser comes days before the film is set to open the New York Film Festival on Friday.
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand inThe Tragedy of Macbeth(2021).Alison Cohen Rosa
A24
Aside fromThe Tragedy of Macbeth,McDormand, 64, is among the many ensemble cast members inWes Anderson’sThe French Dispatch, which recently had its world premiere at the 2021Cannes Film Festival. It also screens at the New York Film Festival.
Earlier this year, the celebrated actress accepted theBest Picture Oscarfor her filmNomadland, as well as theOscar for Best Actress.
Meanwhile, two-timeAcademy Awardwinner Washington, 66, is directing and producingA Journal for Jordan, starringMichael B. JordanandChanté Adams. The film is scheduled for release on Dec. 10.
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