Writer-director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) is set to direct an adaptation of Hamnet for Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions and Book of Shadows. The film is based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell, who will adapt the script with Zhao. Deadline reported that it "is still unknown whether this will be Zhao's next project as she is developing a handful of films following the success of the Searchlight drama Nomadland."
