New Poster for Coriolanus

Coriolanus, a modern version of Shakespeare’s play, has been adapted into a “dangerous political thriller” by screenwriter John Logan, whose previously penned Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and The Aviator. The film will star Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, and Brian Cox.

Synopsis provided by Icon Movies:

The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief, despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody.

Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius. Coriolanus and Aufidius march on Rome intending to destroy the city. Volumnia appeals to her son. He tries to reject her but eventually breaks. Aufidius, feeling bitterly betrayed, brutally murders Coriolanus.

There is not yet an announced release date for Coriolanus.

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