Zhao will direct with Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn rounding out ensemble. Based on Maggie Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, Zhao co-adapted the script with O’Farrell.

Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s next film “Hamnet” has landed at Focus Features with Steven Spielberg newly joining the project as a producer. “Hamnet” is adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s ...

Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s next film “Hamnet” has landed at Focus Features with Steven Spielberg newly joining the project as a producer. “Hamnet” is adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s ...

Chloe Zhao’s next film “Hamnet” has secured a prime awards season release date. Focus Features, which is backing the Shakespeare-era historical drama, will open in limited release on Nov. 27 ...

The book is a fictional take on the grief over the death of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet at the age of 11. Zhao co-wrote the screenplay with O’Farrell.

"The script is really malleable to me," she said. "I'm kind of making everybody write with me, whether they're an actor, or the cinematographer, or production designer.

Zhao has teamed up with Universal Pictures to join the studio’s classic film monster repertoire, developing a feature project based on the most famous vampire of all, Dracula.

By Kyle Buchanan Chloé Zhao Is First Chinese Woman Nominated for Best Director at the Oscars The “Nomadland” filmmaker scored other Oscar mentions: best adapted screenplay and best editing.

A pleasing cast and the director Chloé Zhao, who won a best picture Oscar for “Nomadland,” give Marvel’s latest a steady heartbeat. By Manohla Dargis In her first major role in a feature ...