Oscar winner Riz Ahmed, Bodhi Rook in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, plays the titular character in this reimagined version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, focusing on a British South Asian family living in modern-day London.
The cast also includes Art Malik as Claudius, Joe Alwyn as Laertes, Timothy Spall as Polonius, Morfydd Clark as Ophelia, Sheeba Chaddha as Gertrude, and Avijit Dutt as Hamlet’s father.
An electrifying reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set in the world of a British South Asian family in contemporary London. Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns to London for the funeral of his father, but he is shocked when his uncle, Claudius, announces that he’s marrying Hamlet’s just-widowed mother.
After seeing his father’s ghost, who says he was murdered by Claudius, Hamlet becomes consumed by rage and revenge. He goes to violent lengths to avenge his father’s murder, questioning not only his role in the family business, but his own sanity.
Hamlet arrives in UK cinemas on February 6th, 2026. A US date has not been announced yet.
