Somebody Staged a Manufacturing of Hamlet Inside GTA 5, and Now It is Getting a Documentary

Movie firm Altitude Media Group has picked up a documentary that takes place totally contained in the world of Grand Theft Auto 5, and it’s known as Grand Theft Hamlet, per Deadline.

The in-game manufacturing will cowl the story of Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen, two gamers with theatre backgrounds who took COVID-19 lockdowns within the UK as a chance to recreate Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside Rockstar Video games’ fifth Grand Theft Auto title. With the long run trying grim and many time on their palms, they embark on an journey that sees them dealing with griefers and studying concerning the truths of life. You’ll be able to learn the complete synopsis under:

“January 2021. The UK is in its third lockdown and all leisure venues stay closed. For theatre actors Sam and Mark, the long run seems bleak. Because the pandemic drags on, Mark — single and childless — is more and more socially remoted, whereas Sam panics about how he’s going to assist his younger household. They spend their days within the on-line digital world of Grand Theft Auto and after they stumble throughout a theater, they immediately have an thought to stage a full manufacturing of Hamlet inside the sport. This movie charts their ridiculous, hilarious and shifting journey as they battle violent griefers and uncover shocking truths about life, friendship and the enduring energy of Shakespeare.”

Written and directed by Crane together with Peter and Ben director Pinny Grylls, the movie will see its worldwide debut on the SXSW Movie Pageant on March 10. It’s a pandemic-era story greater than three years within the making that Altitude will convey to UK and Irish theaters later in 2024.

“We’re extraordinarily proud and excited to be partnering with Pinny, Sam and the entire staff on Grand Theft Hamlet and can’t look forward to audiences to expertise this singular and masterful piece of machinima filmmaking,” Altitude Movie Gross sales Managing Director Mike Runagall mentioned. “Grand Theft Hamlet is like nothing you’ve seen earlier than.”

The COVID-19 lockdown impressed all types of creativity throughout gaming, and the GTA 5 neighborhood wasn’t even the primary to placed on an in-game theatrical manufacturing. Fallout 76 gamers, for instance, fashioned a bunch known as The Wasteland Theatre Firm, which noticed them pulling collectively to recreate traditional performs like A Midsummer Nights Dream.

GTA 5 first launched in 2013, and now, greater than a decade later, Rockstar is prepping to launch its follow-up, Grand Theft Auto 6. Particulars about how the venture would possibly deal with on-line multiplayer are a thriller, however you possibly can guess followers will likely be fast to show it right into a sandbox playground with theatre and a lot extra.

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