An award-winning documentary shot completely inside Grand Theft Auto On-line is ready to get a US theatrical run subsequent yr.
Grand Theft Hamlet was shot in the course of the COVID-19 lockdown and tells the story of two unemployed actors who determined to strive staging a efficiency of Hamlet inside GTA On-line.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, artwork home distributor Mubi has now acquired the US cinema rights and the worldwide streaming rights for the documentary.
The movie premiered on the South by Southwest (SXSW) movie pageant earlier this yr and gained the jury award for Documentary Function.
A Hollywood Reporter evaluation additionally known as the film “progressive, extremely amusing and sometimes touching”.
The movie is ready to play within the UK as a part of this month’s BFI London Movie Competition, however all 5 screenings are offered out.
“It’s January 2021,” its official description reads. “The UK has simply entered its third lockdown and all theatres stay closed. For actors Sam and Mark, the longer term seems bleak.
“Because the pandemic drags on Mark, who lives alone, is more and more socially remoted, whereas Sam is panicking about how he’s going to help his household.
“They channel their mid-life frustrations by immersing their avatars within the horrifically violent but superbly rendered digital world of Grand Theft Auto On-line. They steal automobiles and shoot strangers, but in addition discover moments of calm reflection strolling via meadows of wildflowers.
“In a single gaming session they stumble throughout a theatre and have an concept. Why not stage Hamlet inside the sport? Effectively, there are a number of explanation why not, mainly that most individuals within the recreation are intent on murderous destruction, not well mannered appreciation of a theatrical manufacturing.
“However wasn’t theatre simply as harmful and rowdy a enterprise in Shakespeare’s time, and isn’t Hamlet, a play about revenge the proper alternative for this place?”
