Riz Ahmed Is Hoping To Bring Modernized Version Of ‘Hamlet’ to Netflix

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Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Netflix is negotiating to buy a contemporary retelling of Hamlet, and that Riz Ahmed is working on it with screenwriter Mike Lesslie.

The new Hamlet will be set in modern-day London at a time of economic and political uncertainty, reports EW, weaving together with themes of familial honor, moral duty, and dynastic corruption.

This Hamlet will have a much more diverse casting. Riz became the first man of South Asian descent to win an Emmy and only the second Asian actor to do so.

This is going to be EPIC.

H/T: Deadline