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Focus Acquires “Elsinore” Biopic on Hamlet Star Andrew Scott

7/9/2026

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Focus Features acquired the biopic “Elsinore” for U.S. and international distribution, planning a fall release and courting Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York festivals.
Andrew Scott stars as Ian Charleson, with Olivia Colman as his doctor, under director Simon Stone, portraying Charleson’s final months performing Hamlet while privately battling AIDS.
The film joins Focus’s awards slate that also features “Obsession,” a “Sense and Sensibility” remake, “Werwulf,” and “The Uprising.”

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Focus Features acquired the biopic “Elsinore” for U.S. and international distribution, planning a fall release and courting Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York festivals.
Andrew Scott stars as Ian Charleson, with Olivia Colman as his doctor, under director Simon Stone, portraying Charleson’s final months performing Hamlet while privately battling AIDS.
The film joins Focus’s awards slate that also features “Obsession,” a “Sense and Sensibility” remake, “Werwulf,” and “The Uprising.”