‘Hamnet’ Starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley to Release in November

Focus Features will release Chloe Zhao’s (Nomadland, Eternals) Hamnet in select theaters November 27 before expanding nationwide December 12. 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.” Zhao wrote the screenplay…

Caroline C Ryan

April 24, 2025

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Focus Features will release Chloe Zhao’s (Nomadland, Eternals) Hamnet in select theaters November 27 before expanding nationwide December 12.

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.”

Zhao wrote the screenplay with O’Farrell.

Paul Mescal (Gladiator II) and Jessie Buckley (The Bride!) star in the film as William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes alongside Joe Alwyn (The Brutalist) as Bartholomew and Jacobi Jupe (Peter Pan & Wendy) as Hamnet.