Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls' documentary about making virtual art in a pandemic won the Documentary Jury Prize at SXSW 2024. How do you stage a Shakespeare play in the middle of a global pandemic?

Mubi acquires U.S. cinema and global streaming rights for Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary staged in GTA Online. Directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, it follows two actors performing Hamlet ...

The new documentary Grand Theft Hamlet marks a groundbreaking moment in the world of digital performance. It tells the story of an innovative theatrical production of Hamlet, staged within the popular ...

Stuck at home during the pandemic, two British actors stage an improbably powerful production of "Hamlet" within the video game world of "Grand Theft Auto Online." And he might have done just that if ...

There could not be a more mismatched pair of subjects than Shakespearean tragedy and rocket launchers fired at police choppers by men in silly hats. However, Grand Theft Hamlet explores this unique ...

The past year has been a big one for fans of William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Arguably one of the most important pieces of playwriting ever created, let alone from The Bard's iconic library. 2025's ...

Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she ...

Grand Theft Hamlet, a new documentary following out-of-work actors who staged a production of Hamlet inside a video game, has been acquired by Altitude Media Group. Deadline reports that the ...

GTA 5 is getting documentary called Grand Theft Hamlet. Grand Theft Auto 5 is getting a documentary, but not about what you might think. A film company called Altitude Media Group has decided to pick ...

Duel personalities: Pertab takes a flier as Sam, right, has a shootout with Laertes, far left Eventually it becomes clear that the only person who can take on the strenuous title role is Sam. As we ...

To be or not to be. That was the question facing so many artists at the height of the COVID pandemic (let’s call it January 2021), when the crisis seemed as if it might continue forever, and the ...