Vertical has released the first trailer for Hamlet starring Riz Ahmed.
The Shakespearian reimagining is directed by Aneil Karia from a script by Michael Lesslie.
Set in London’s elite South Asian community, Hamlet (Ahmed) returns home for his father’s funeral, where he’s shocked to learn his uncle Claudius (Art Malik) is marrying his newly widowed mother Gertrude (Sheeba Chaddha). During a visit from his father’s ghost (Avijit Dutt), Hamlet discovers Claudius was behind the murder, sending him on a path of vengeance and self-reflection.
The film also stars Morfydd Clark as Ophelia, Joe Alwyn as Laertes and Timothy Spall as Polonius.
In theaters April 10.





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