Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#1Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Posted: 5/11/22 at 10:56am
Re-teaming with the director of the Oscar-winning short film The Long Goodbye
Ahmed stars as Hamlet, haunted by his father’s ghost and driven to increasingly unstable heights. Moving from elite London to the city’s underground, from Hindu temples to homeless tent cities, he goes to rash and violent lengths to avenge his father’s murder, ultimately questioning his own role in the family’s corruption and who he has become.
Karia, whose feature debut “Surge” played in competition at Sundance, will direct the screenplay from Michael Lesslie (“Macbeth&rdquo
. James Wilson (“Under the Skin&rdquo will produce along with Lesslie’s Storyteller Productions (“The Rescue&rdquo and Ahmed and Allie Moore on behalf of their Left Handed Films (“Mogul Mowgli&rdquo
“This is a Hamlet about race, mental health and inequality, which asks if setting things right means setting fire to the old order. Our Hamlet is an outsider in a wealthy British Indian family, who starts to question his relatives’ morality and his own sanity after encountering his father’s ghost. Hamlet’s bloody quest for revenge against his father’s killer will be told with a boldness and urgency that grabs hold of audiences and won’t let go,” said Ahmed and Karia.
#2Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Posted: 5/11/22 at 11:25am
Me: I could live my whole life and be ok never seeing another Hamlet.
Riz Ahmed: I'm gonna star in it.
Me: Tickets go on sale when, exactly?
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#3Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Posted: 12/19/25 at 5:27pm
#4Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Posted: 12/23/25 at 12:45pm
Be warned: it's apparently mediocre
#5Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Posted: 1/7/26 at 11:20am
I caught Relay on Netflix yesterday. I’d highly recommend it for Riz fans. It was a good New York City thriller. I was delighted to see Matthew Maher, Eisa Davis and Victor Garber in a cameo. Lily James co-stars.
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#6Riz Ahmed to star in new film adaptation of Hamlet, Joe Alwyn and Morfydd Clark co-starring
Posted: 1/8/26 at 12:35pm
The date is for the UK. AFAIK there's no stateside release date yet.
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