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Rights for ‘Hamlet 2’ come into Focus at Sundance
Posted by Mack at 4:39am.
Posted in Film News , Comedy, Drama, USA & Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand, Random Festival News.
The darling of film sales at Sundance on Tuesday turned out to be Hamlet 2, selling world rights to Focus Features for a reported $10 million. Competition was fierce apparently; TWC, Fox Searchlight, Lionsgate and Paramount Vantage all interested in the pic as well.
Slated as a teen comedy Hamlet 2 stars Steve Coogan as an overly dramatic drama teacher who attempts to salvage his high-school theater department by staging a controversial sequel to Shakespeare’s play.
We love Steve Coogan around these parts. His character Alan Partridge in legendary in his native England and I liked his recent series Saxondale. He just cannot seem to break it big here in North America, which is a shame because he is an enormous comedic talent. Here’s hoping Hamlet 2 will help, at the risk of doing so in a teen comedy.
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