EXCLUSIVE: Altitude Media Group has boarded a documentary shot entirely inside the Grand Theft Auto video game world.
Grand Theft Hamlet will follow the story of out-of-work theater actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen, who had the idea to stage a full production of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ within Grand Theft Auto 5 during the dull days of the third Covid-19 lockdown in the UK three years ago.
Indie studio Altitude has taken worldwide rights and will release the film in UK and Irish cinemas later this year after striking a deal for the “hilarious and profoundly moving” film, which Crane and Pinny Grylls wrote and directed.
The doc gets its worldwide premiere at SXSW on Sunday (March 10) and will get a European premiere at CPH:DOX. “We are extremely proud and excited to be partnering with Pinny, Sam and the whole team on Grand Theft Hamlet and cannot wait for audiences to experience this singular and masterful piece of machinima filmmaking,” said Altitude Film Sales Managing Director Mike Runagall. “Grand Theft Hamlet is like nothing you have seen before.” The full synopsis for the film reads: “January 2021.
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