Art House streamer and distributor Mubi has acquired all U.S. rights as well as exclusive worldwide SVOD rights, The Rogue HamletPinney Grylls and Sam Crane’s award-winning documentary mashup of Shakespeare village and extremely violent video games Grand Theft Auto.
Doctors track down two out-of-work actors during 2021 coronavirus lockdown as they try to state village Completely in the GTA virtual game world. The Rogue Hamlet It premiered at SXSW this year and won the Documentary Jury Prize. also won hollywood reporter Critic Leslie Felperin called the experimental film “innovative, deeply funny and often touching”.
The film will have its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 15 October, followed by a special screening at BFI Imax on 20 October. The Rogue Hamlet More details will be announced in early 2025. The Rogue Hamlet Funded by BFI Doc Society, Park Pictures, Altitude and Spark Features. Altitude Film Sales is handling global sales of the documentary and negotiated the deal with Mubi.
The acquisition is the latest in a spree of art-house theater acquisitions by Mubi, which is expanding its core streaming business and has strong theater assets in multiple regions. The group recently tested domestic waters with Coralie Fargeat’s body horror drama substanceThe film starring Demi Moore opened on nearly 2,000 screens in the United States and has grossed nearly $10 million to date.
Mubi recently signed cross-regional deals for two Venice Film Festival hits, snatching up the rights to Luca Guadagnino’s Daniel Craig starrer Queerspanning multiple international locations including the UK, Canada, Germany, Spain and India; and filming Alex Ross Perry’s music documentary sidewalkwhich depicts the influential ’90s indie band, has all copyright deals in the UK, Germany, France and Canada.
Other recent acquisitions include Andrea Arnold’s bird and Magnus von Horn’s girl holding needleboth winners of the Cannes Film Festival.
