Chloé Zhao is currently promoting her follow-up to Marvel Studios’ Eternals , an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet . The 2020 book is based on William Shakespeare and his wife as they grieve the loss of one of their children, which would go on to inspire Hamlet . It makes sense that after making a movie where the Academy Award-winning director’s voice felt pulled in many directions, a more intimate movie would be her next choice .

In an interview with Vanity Fair , Zhao talked about how her experience on Eternals informed her approach to Hamnet . The filmmaker also said working with a Disney budget on a Marvel property really pushed her range.

“ Eternals prepared me for Hamnet because it’s world-building. Before that, I had only done films that existed in t

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