The first trailer for Nomadland and Eternals director Chloé Zhao's Ol' Bill Shakespeare flick Hamnet has arrived -- if y'all have been keeping score then you know I think Zhao is pretty overrated as a director, so why do I care? Well you already know the answer since I posted that photo above -- the movie stars yes Paul Mescal but also Jessie Buckley, and we're wild about Jessie. (Team I'm Thinking of Ending Things forever and ever amen.) And I do believe that Jessie, who's playing Shakespeare's wife Agnes, is the film's main character, as this is the story of the pair dealing with the loss of their son Hamnet and how it inspired oh you know some play about a prince. Anyway I'm rooting for the movie because 1) this is a good grand trailer and 2) I'd love for both of these actors to be Oscar winners soon; they've already given several worthwhile performances and both been nominated previously as well. So hopefully the movie's good and I can go on feeling that way! The movie also co-stars Joe Alwyn and (speaking of Charlie Kaufman) Emily Watson. (Let's get Emily f'ing Watson an Oscar while we're at it!) Here's the trailer:
Hamnet is out limited Nov 27th and everywhere Dec 12th.
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Hamnet is a really great novel, so let's hope Hollywood doesn't fuck it up, as they tend to do with almost any good literature brought to the big screen.
Interesting, the Royal Shakespeare Company will be putting on their own stage adaptation of Hamnet in a few American cities next year: https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/hamnet-comes-to-the-us
I was more excited by the new Keira Knightley thriller's trailer.
Agreed! A good friend of mine gave it to me last year and I devoured it. I passed it on to another friend. It’s a fantastic book!
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