Senior Film and Media Reporter
Under the Influence: Chloé Zhao on THE NEW WORLD
Oscar winner Chloé Zhao’s next film, “Hamnet,” has landed at Focus Features with Steven Spielberg joining the project as a new producer.
“Hamnet” is an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean-era novel, which was published in 2020 and chronicles the life of the Bard’s son who died in infancy. As previously announced, “Hamnet” will star Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal alongside Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn. Zhao co-wrote the screenplay with O’Farrell.
Focus will release 'Hamnet' in the United States on a date yet to be determined, while Universal Pictures International will handle theatrical releases in the rest of the world.
