Chris Connor chats with Hamnet’s production designer Fiona Crombie… Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling 2020 novel, Hamnet has emerged as one of the major players for this awards season, earning serious acclaim on the festival circuit. It tells the lesser-known story of William Shakespeare and his wife Anne (Anges in the book/film) and their son, […]
Chloe Zhao to direct Shakespeare drama Hamnet
Following her high-profile one-two of Nomadland and Marvel’s Eternals, Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao has been slow to pick her next film, but has finally opted for an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet. Deadline reports that Zhao will direct from a script adapted alongside Hamnet‘s author Maggie O’Farrell. Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions and […]
