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Focus Features Sets Awards-Season Release For Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Starring Jessie Buckley And Paul Mescal


Focus Features has set a limited Thanksgiving release on Nov. 27 for 2x Oscar winner Chloé Zhao’s Hamet. The movie will go wide on Dec. 12. Hamnet, which Zhao co-wrote with Maggie O’Farrell, tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.  The pic stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily […]

Hamnet, which Zhao co-wrote with Maggie O’Farrell, tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Producers are Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nic Gonda, Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg. Hamnet is based on O’Farrell’s 2020 New York Times bestselling novel, which has sold 2 million copies in the UK and US and has been translated into 40 languages.

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