Focus Features bought the world rights to the film Hamlet 2, breaking an all time record sale with a purchase of $10 million. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal closed around 8 a.m. after a night of stiff negotiations.

Steve Coogan stars in Hamlet 2 as a dramatic drama teacher who tries to revive the fading high-school theater department by staging a controversial sequel to the Shakespeare play 'Hamlet'. Along side Coogan, Catherine Kenner, David Arquette, Amy Poehler and Elizabeth Shue all have co-starring roles in the film.

A release date for Hamlet 2 has yet to be announced.

Hamlet 2 was released August 22nd, 2008 and stars Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Melonie Diaz, Arnie Pantoja, Michael Esparza. The film is directed by Andrew Fleming.