Apple Original Film 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' may be an award-winning first

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  • Apple Original Film The Tragedy of Macbeth could be in line for awards first.
  • Star Frances McDormand could become the first person to be nominated for best picture and acting Oscars consecutively.

Apple TV+ is no stranger to awards thanks to the likes of The Morning Show and Ted Lasso but it could be in line for awards first if The Tragedy of Macbeth star Frances McDormand is nominated for both an acting and best picture Oscar this year.

McDormand is already the first woman to be nominated for acting and producing in the same year, and she's in line again, according to Variety.

At last year's 93rd Oscar ceremony, Frances McDormand became the first woman to be nominated for acting and producing in the same year (Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey have received nominations in acting and picture but in different years). Along with her husband, Joel Coen, and Robert Graf, McDormand is serving as a producer once again, putting herself in play to achieve a historic back-to-back feat. If nominated for actress and picture, not only will she be the first woman to do it twice, she would be the first person to do it consecutively. Her "Macbeth" co-star, Denzel Washington, is also in the running for lead actor.

Variety notes that A24 has updated its awards website to include its wares for awards voters to consider this season — with The Tragedy of Macbeth very much in play.

If you want to enjoy The Tragedy of Macbeth in style once it arrives on our screens early nest year, be sure to check out our list of the Best Apple TV deals on the market today.

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Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.