Fassbender, McQueen re-team for 'Slave'

Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen, above, within the NY Film Festival premiere of 'Shame.'Call it a 3-peat moss moss for Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen, since the thesp and multi-hyphenate are reteaming again on McQueen's next pic "12 Years a Slave."Mcqueen will direct in the script he co-written with John Ridley.Pic also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and notifies the actual story of Solomon Northrup, a NY citizen who was simply kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and saved in the cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853.Plan B's Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are likely to produce the film, that's prone to start production early next season. CAA is organizing financing for your pic and representing U.S. rights.Besides "12 Years a Slave," Fassbender has furthermore labored with McQueen on "Hunger" and Fox Searchlight's "Shame," which has already received festival-circuit buzz for Fassbender's strong perf.While Fassbender's profile has risen with starring roles inside the Fox tentpole "X-Males: Top ClassInch after which summer's "Prometheus," thesp has still proven fascination with smaller sized films between your greater commercial fare. Taken, he starred alongside Mia Wasikowska in "Jane Eyre" and it is visible later this fall in "Shame" and also the new the new sony Pictures Classic's "A Dangerous Method" as Carl Jung.He's repped by CAA. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com