Source: Variety

Variety reports that Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton are set to star in COME LIKE SHADOWS, an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" that is slotted to shoot in Scotland in late fall.

Pic is a traditional period piece, but it is designed to be user-friendly to a contemporary audience. Bean, who's coming off "Silent Hill" and "North Country," will play Macbeth, a role he essayed in London's West End three years ago.

Swinton, who was last seen in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and who just wrapped "Michael Clayton" opposite George Clooney, plays Lady Macbeth. She previously collaborated with Maybury in the filmed version of her one-woman show, "Man to Man."

John Maybury ("The Jacket") will direct a script by Vincent Regan. Steven Soderbergh is aboard as executive producer. Luc Besson also is part of the mix, with the film set to use his EuropaCorp post-production facility in Normandy, France.