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‘Hamlet’ Starring Riz Ahmed Bought by Focus Features for International Rights (EXCLUSIVE)


Focus Feature has bought international rights for 'Hamlet,' a contemporary film adaptation of the famed play starring Riz Ahmed and Morfydd Clark

Focus Features has bought international rights to “ Hamlet,” Aneil Karia’s London-set modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s famed play starring Oscar winner Riz Ahmed. He embarks on a violent journey to avenge his father’s murder, ultimately questioning his own role in the family’s corruption. Ahmed was last seen in Christos Nikou’s “Fingernails” in which he starred alongside Jeremy Allen White, Luke Wilson and Jessie Buckley.

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