Kari Skogland & Emma Donoghue Adapting Ava Reid's Gothic Novel 'Lady Macbeth' for Film
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Andreas Wiseman
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Kari Skogland's new production banner Take A Trip Media is developing a feature adaptation of Ava Reid's gothic feminist retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth, titled Lady Macbeth. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Emma Donoghue (Room) is attached to write the screenplay, with Emmy and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Kari Skogland (The Handmaid's Tale) set to direct. The project is based on Reid's 2024 New York Times bestselling novel that reimagines Lady Macbeth through a dark, intimate lens.
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· 3 pulledEXCLUSIVE: Curious Gremlin (The Testament Of Ann Lee) and Kari Skogland's newly minted production banner Take A Trip Media are developing a feature adaptation of novel Lady Macbeth, the New York Times bestseller by author Ava Reid.
Oscar nominee Emma Donoghue (Room) is attached to write the screenplay, with Emmy and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Skogland (The Handmaid's Tale) set to direct.
Reid's 2024 novel 'reimagines one of literature's most enduring figures through a dark, intimate'
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