Scandinavian star Noomi Rapace ( The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) has signed on to play a version of Shakespeare's famed Danish Prince Hamlet in a new film adaptation from director Ali Abbasi ( Border). Abbasi will reunite with his Danish Border producers Meta Film for the project. Iceland’s Sjón, who co-wrote Robert Eggers' upcoming The Northman, is penning the script. Meta Film's Stine Meldgaard Madsen will produce in collaboration with Boom Films. Principle photography is set for autumn 2021. " Hamlet is a dream project in its purest and most explosive way," said Rapace in a statement. "I’ve been hoping, dreaming, wishing for this as long as I’ve been an actress. I base this as much on the material as on the creative alliance that surrounds it... To take on a Danish story with a Scandinavian touch and bring it out into the world with this group of people is a dream."