It's not the first time Shakespeare's "Macbeth" has hit the big screen. As one of the most timeless and dramatic plays in the Bard's collection, there seems to be always a reboot or reimagining of the story's tragic events. This latest "Macbeth" film, a creation of Justin Kurzel, looks to be a new gold standard, if the new trailer is anything to go by.

Brooding, intense and overwhelmingly dramatic, this year's "Macbeth" embraces the characteristic darkness of the titular king's inner turmoil and its consequences on the people surrounding him. The cinematography is sharp and vibrant, and the landscape is sweeping, transporting the viewers to another world altogether.

Michael Fassbender stars as Macbeth, capturing the ambition and distress of the character's downward spiral. "O, full of scorpions is my mind," he sneered in the clip.

Alongside him is a cast of proven thespians including Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth, David Thewlis as King Duncan, Elizabeth Debicki as Lady Macduff, Sean Harris as Macduff and many more.

At the helm is director Kurzel, who offered a different approach in tackling Shakespeare's shortest but most vivid tragedy. In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, he gave a brief explanation of his perspective for "Macbeth".

"To me, it's a Western," he said. "We shot it all outside. We were able to explore the madness in these brutal and unforgiving and beautiful landscapes, such as in Scotland. It gave it a whole new shade. There's a simplicity in the storytelling that I think is unlike any of his other plays, and it fit in that Western structure quite effortlessly."

He explained, "It was at a time where kings were killed continuously, and it was a place where you'd be at war for years and years, and the idea of Macbeth being a product of that and having to carry what it means to be a warrior and the things that he'd seen and the things that he'd done - there's something very interesting in terms of the post-trauma that's connected to that."

In the Cannes press conference, Fassbender was in clear agreement with his director's vision of the tortured king, according to a report from The Guardian.

"Never did it occur to me before this that this character was suffering from PTSD," he told the crowd in Cannes. "You have a soldier who's engaged in battle month after month, day after day. Killing with his hands. Pushing a sword through muscle and bone. And if that doesn't work picking up a rock and using that."

"Macbeth" hits theaters on Dec. 4.