The play will also feature Ewan McGregor, who had huge success in the musical Guys And Dolls, as Lago.

Othello will be directed by Michael Grandage, artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse. Grandage will also direct Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, with Derek Jacobi playing Malvolio.

The Donmar will also feature Branagh in a new Sir Tom Stoppard version of Chekhov’s Ivanov.

Ivanov was the first play written by The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard author in 1887.


Jude arrested over photographer ’attack’ - Aug 5 2007
Jude Law has been arrested for allegedly attacking a photographer outside his home.

The Alfie star is said to have attempted to grab the photographer’s camera in the alleged incident in West London.

The actor, 34, was bailed to return to a London police station in October.

A police spokesman said: "A 34-year-old man from Maida Vale was arrested yesterday on suspicion of actual bodily harm after voluntarily attending a London police station.

"The arrest followed an allegation of assault yesterday at a residential address in Maida Vale.

"The 34-year-old man was released on bail to a date in October pending further inquiries."

Jude, ex-husband of Sadie Frost, recently returned from the Venice Film Festival where he showcased his new movie Sleuth, in which he co-stars with Sir Michael Caine.

The remake is in competition for the Golden Lion prize for best film in Venice.

The star’s spokesman was unavailable for comment.

Jude promotes peace day - July 19 2007
Jude Law has been travelling and filming in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan to help promote the United Nation’s annual day of worldwide cease-fire and non-violence.

The Oscar-nominated actor, accompanied by British director Jeremy Gilley and a film crew, interviewed children, government ministers and community leaders for the movie to mark the UN’s Peace Day on September 21.

"This is a country I’d always wanted to visit," he revealed, inside a guarded UN compound in Kabul. "It was a situation that I found intriguing. I felt that if it was safe for Jeremy it must be safe for me."

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Peace Day into its global calendar of events in 2001, following the director’s lobbying campaign, which he then turned into a documentary called Peace One Day.

"Afghanistan will be the focal point for the second film, so it seemed important that Jeremy also have a sounding board, a third party perspective on his trip," Jude added.

"This film is about documenting and seeing how Peace Day can save lives."

The star’s trip was conducted in secrecy for security reasons.

Jude and Forest team up for thriller? - June 19 2007
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker are apparently set to co-star in new flick The Repossession Mambo.

The Universal Pictures thriller is set in the near future, when artificial organs can be bought on credit, with the understanding that defaulting on payment will result in a fatal repossession, reports Variety.

The film will mark the feature directing debut of British filmmaker Miguel Sapochnik, whose short film The Dreamer sparked a Hollywood bidding war over the remake rights.