Apple Original Films and A24 to Partner on Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” Starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand

Apple Original Films and A24 announced today they will partner on the release of the eagerly anticipated drama “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” the latest film from Academy Award winner Joel Coen and starring Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. The film will be released in theaters worldwide later this year ahead of a global launch on Apple TV+.

The cast of “The Tragedy of Macbeth” also includes Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Kathryn Hunter, Harry Melling, and Brendan Gleeson. The film reunites frequent Coen collaborators including Bruno Delbonnel as the cinematographer, Mary Zophres as costume designer, and a score from Carter Burwell. In addition to directing, Coen produces the film alongside McDormand and Robert Graf.

Apple Original Films and A24’s critically acclaimed features include “On The Rocks,” from Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola, and starring Rashida Jones and Bill Murray; the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner “Boys State,” which also won two Critics Choice Documentary Awards and the SXSW Louis Black “Lone Star” Award; and the upcoming YA adaptation “The Sky is Everywhere,” directed by Josephine Decker and starring Grace Kaufman, Cherry Jones and Jason Segel.

Apple Original Films is home to award-winning and critically acclaimed Apple Original films including Oscar, BAFTA, People’s Choice, and Critics Choice Super Award-nominated “Greyhound” written by and starring Tom Hanks; Academy Award-nominated, AFI Fest-winning animated film “Wolfwalkers“; NAACP Image Award winner “The Banker,” a film tackling racial injustice, starring Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson; Anthony and Joe Russo’s new film “Cherry,” starring Tom Holland and Ciara Bravo; “Palmer” starring Justin Timberlake, directed by Fisher Stevens; global hit film “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry” from director R.J. Cutler; the Cinema for Peace Award-winning and Critics Choice Documentary Award-nominated “The Elephant Queen“; and Werner Herzog’s Critics Choice Documentary Award nominee “Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds.”