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Paul Mescal's "Hamnet" Sets November Release Date

Yara Sameh Chloe Zhao's next movie 'Hamnet' has secured a prime awards season release date. Focus Features, which is backing the Shakespeare-era historical drama, will open in limited release on November 27 before expanding nationwide on December 12. 'Hamnet' lands in select theaters on the same day as Pixar's 'Zootopia 2' and hopes to serve as counterprogramming when the film widens its footprint in mid December, a week before James Cameron's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' and Paramount's 'SpongeBob: Search for SquarePants.' Adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, 'Hamnet' fictionalizes the life of the Bard's son who died at a young age and recounts the powerful love story that inspired the creation of 'Hamlet.' Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley will star in the movie as William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes alongside Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew and Jacobi Jupe as Hamnet. Zhao wrote the screenplay with O'Farrell, whose book has sold two million copies in the United States and United Kingdom and has been translated into 40 languages. Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes are among the producers on 'Hamnet,' which will be released overseas by Universal Pictures International. Mescal, currently off Broadway in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' was officially cast as Paul McCartney in Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopic. In the four-part epic, the Irish actor will share the screen with Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon. Buckley will appear next in Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'Frankenstein' spinoff 'The Bride!' opposite Christian Bale. Zhao is the second woman ever to win the Oscar for best director, for 2020's 'Nomadland.' Her other film credits include Disney's 'Eternals,' 'Songs My Brothers Taught Me' and 'The Rider.' read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Videos & Features Bouchra Dahlab Crowned Miss Arab World 2025 .. Reem Ganzoury Wins Miss Arab Africa Title (VIDEO) Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple