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Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary set in GTA Online, is finally set for its debut on the US big screens in early 2025.
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Grand Theft Hamlet is a GTA Online film that takes upon itself the quite “impossible task of mounting a full production of Hamlet inside the ultra-violent online world of Grand Theft Auto.” Irrespective of how impossible it sounds on both paper and in reality, the resulting documentary has secured largely positive reviews from industry stalwarts, with a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score at the time of writing.
After appearing in the UK earlier this December (available till January 31), Grand Theft Hamlet will finally make its debut on the big screens in the US in early 2025.
MUBI Is Bringing Grand Theft Hamlet to US Theatres in January 2025
Grand Theft Hamlet will appear in US theatres on January 17. MUBI confirmed the release date with an announcement earlier last week, with the following synopsis:
With theaters shut during the COVID-19 pandemic, two jobless actors, Sam and Mark, are uncertain about their futures—finding solace in the virtual chaos of Grand Theft Auto Online. Desperate for purpose, they decide to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the ultra-violent world of their favorite game.
The documentary is directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane and has a runtime of about 91 minutes. Among its accolades, it was adjudged the winner of the Documentary Feature Competition at SXSW Film Festival 2024 and for the Audience Award (Spectrum) at Vancouver International Film Festival 2024.
Two out-of-work actors stage Shakespeare's Hamlet entirely inside the world of Grand Theft Auto Online in Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls’s GRAND THEFT HAMLET. Hailed as “the year’s funniest documentary” by Time Out and in US theaters January 17. A MUBI Release. pic.twitter.com/b5aEzMNVPt
— MUBI (@mubi) December 19, 2024
The accompanying trailer with the announcement begins in earnest with a casting call about staging Hamlet within GTA Online. But violence soon ensues. Bullets whizz past and explosions galore as the narrator rings, “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer. // The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles.”
Where the makers thought no one would show up for the in-game audition, we see a number of people appear and introduce themselves. The trailer continues with snapshots of more such interactions, funny quips, and commentary from the narrator.
For those who are aware of both the world of GTA Online and that of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the documentary is surely going to be a treat. Be it the specter of the pandemic looming over the chaotic world of GTAO or the neigh impossible task of mounting such a production within one of this medium’s most iconic titles, there’s much to unpack and enjoy here.
Grand Theft Hamlet will also stream globally. There is no information regarding the same available as of now. A global release will likely happen a few months post the US release and run of the documentary.
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