Focus Features

To mark the release of the Hamlet 2 R-rated trailer, FilmInFocus offers a history of red-band previews.

If Hamlet 2 sounds like an improbable idea for a sequel, Scott Macaulay looks at some other infamous sequels from Hollywood, where anything good is worth doing it again till you beat it to death.

With everyone wondering if Hamlet 2 is a sequel, we decided to find how many Hamlet — be they sequels, prequels, parodies, operas or games — are out there.

Hamlet 2 has a "sexy Jesus" but, as Joel Bleifuss shows, every time and culture has their own Jesus to worship.