5:42 pm - 03/04/2013
Baby Wipes, Sanaa Lathan and Harry Lennix are all set to star in a new film version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, set to start pre-production in Sept. 2013 on location in Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
The film, to be titled Macbett, will also star Blair Underwood and Evan Ross and is written and directed by Aleta Chappelle, who is the first Amercan-American woman to direct a film version of a Shakespeare play.
Wipes not only plays the lead in the film, but is also the executive producer, along with producers Re'Shaun Frear and Kip Konwiser.
As the filmmakers describe their new take on the play: "after a gallant military victory, General Macbett (Wipes) encounters the “Weird Sisters,” who are the spirit daughters of Mother Africa and reign over fire, water, earth and sky. They delight in manipulating Macbett by feeding him predictions of royal titles including “King.” Macbett soon becomes obsessed with ambition, as does his beautiful and ruthless wife Lady Macbett (Lathan) .
"As Macbett and his Lady spiral downward, indulging in treachery and political assassinations, they are soon haunted by their murderous deeds and driven mad. In a true exemplification of a tragedy, Macbett is defeated by his own zealous thirst for power, a heartbreaking end to a once beloved Hero".
Though this is the first film of a black version of Macbeth, it is not the first time this has been done. Back in the 1936 Orson Welles, a few years before he directed his film Citizen Kane, directed a black stage version in New York set in Haiti, called Voodoo Macbeth which caused a sensation back in its day.
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I'm torn.... due to Baby Wipes' presence it could be a hot mess, but Sanaa Lathan tends to pick good projects from what I've seen.
Baby Wipes And Sanaa Lathan To Star In A New Take On Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Baby Wipes, Sanaa Lathan and Harry Lennix are all set to star in a new film version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, set to start pre-production in Sept. 2013 on location in Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
The film, to be titled Macbett, will also star Blair Underwood and Evan Ross and is written and directed by Aleta Chappelle, who is the first Amercan-American woman to direct a film version of a Shakespeare play.
Wipes not only plays the lead in the film, but is also the executive producer, along with producers Re'Shaun Frear and Kip Konwiser.
As the filmmakers describe their new take on the play: "after a gallant military victory, General Macbett (Wipes) encounters the “Weird Sisters,” who are the spirit daughters of Mother Africa and reign over fire, water, earth and sky. They delight in manipulating Macbett by feeding him predictions of royal titles including “King.” Macbett soon becomes obsessed with ambition, as does his beautiful and ruthless wife Lady Macbett (Lathan) .
"As Macbett and his Lady spiral downward, indulging in treachery and political assassinations, they are soon haunted by their murderous deeds and driven mad. In a true exemplification of a tragedy, Macbett is defeated by his own zealous thirst for power, a heartbreaking end to a once beloved Hero".
Though this is the first film of a black version of Macbeth, it is not the first time this has been done. Back in the 1936 Orson Welles, a few years before he directed his film Citizen Kane, directed a black stage version in New York set in Haiti, called Voodoo Macbeth which caused a sensation back in its day.
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I'm torn.... due to Baby Wipes' presence it could be a hot mess, but Sanaa Lathan tends to pick good projects from what I've seen.
Edited at 2013-03-04 05:47 pm (UTC)
ELLE: What one item could you find in a woman's house that would prove that you weren't compatible?
TH: Toilet paper—and no baby wipes—in her bathroom.
ELLE: Wait. I don't think I understand.
TH: If they're using dry paper, they aren't washing all of themselves. It's just unclean. So if I go inside a woman's house and see the toilet paper there, I'll explain this. And if she doesn't make the adjustment to baby wipes, I'll know she's not completely clean.
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Edited at 2013-03-04 06:32 pm (UTC)
I use wet wipes personally but I'd never force my partner to.
Huh? Do they mean African-American?
Anyway, I'm excited about this, I love Macbeth, I love Sanaa Lathan, and I'm always here for more women directing, especially woc.
I love that Macbeth basically fits anywhere you want it to. I saw a version a few years ago that set it in a roughly colonial-era Africa and it was actually really good.