Art house streamer and distributor Mubi has snatched up all U.S. rights, as well as exclusive global SVOD rights, to Grand Theft Hamlet, Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane’s award-winning documentary mashup of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and ultra-violent video game Grand Theft Auto.
The doc follows two unemployed actors during the 2021 COVID lockdown who attempt to state Hamlet entirely within the GTA virtual game world. Grand Theft Hamlet premiered at SXSW this year, where it won the documentary feature jury award. It also won The Hollywood Reporter critic Leslie Felperin, who called the experimental film “innovative, highly amusing and often touching.”
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The film will have its U.K. premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 15, followed by a special presentation at BFI Imax on Oct. 20. Mubi plans to release Grand Theft Hamlet in early 2025, with further details to
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