MAMMOTH SCREEN & POLDARK'S WRITER TO ADAPT ALEXANDRE DUMAS' 19TH CENTURY NOVEL 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO' INTO EPIC TV SEREIS! 1ST EDDIE REDMAYNE, FELICITY JONES PICS FROM 'AERONAUTS' HISTORICAL ADVENTURE

 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO'

NEW TV SERIES FROM POLDARK'S WRITER AND PRODUCERS

Cry not Poldark lovers, not because the series is returning again next year with season five, but because its producer Mammoth Screen is preparing

Poldark's scribe is working on the new series

another epic saga for us! They are currently working with Poldark's writer Debbie Horsfield on adapting Alexandre Dumas' 19th century novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

As 'Deadline' reports, the story, will be set between 1815 and 1839 in France and Italy. It follows the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis Philippe of France ahead of the Hundred Days period, when Napoleon returned to power. It is an adventure story following a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment.

  1ST 'THE AERONAUTS'

SET PHOTOS WITH EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES

Speaking of epic things, check out the first photos that have appeared around the net of Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in Tom Harper's historical adventure THE AERONAUTS in which they play pilot Amelia

This is the second time they star together after The Theory of Everything

Wren and scientist James Glaisher who find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.

FIRST TRAILER FROM ITV'S PERIOD SET SERIES 'VANITY FAIR' WITH OLIVIA COOKE, TOM BATEMAN, CHARLIE ROWE, SURANNE JONES, FRANCES DE LA TOUR, MICHAEL PALIN

  'VANITY FAIR' TV SERIES

 FIRST TRAILER  UNVEILED!

After a number of photos and a teaser, we finally have the first trailer and character photos from ITV's new period set series VANITY FAIR which will

Olivia Cooke the star of Spielberg's Ready Player One takes the lead

start airing this September in United Kingdom! Brand new costume drama based on William Thackeray's famous novel, has the story set in the

First look at the lead cast of the new Vanity Fair series!

Napoleonic era following the destiny of resourceful Becky Sharp played by Olivia Cooke. Check out the trailer below and first cast photos!

 

NEW VANITY FAIR  
The seven part drama coming from Poldark's and Victoria's Mammoth Screen, is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows

After airing on ITV in UK, Vanity Fair will air on Amazon too in US

modern heroine Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of villainy, crime,

The saga is based on William Thackeray's classic novel

merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing, takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.

A RATHER STELLAR CAST INDEED

Her main love interest daft Captain Rawdon Crawley is played by Tom Bateman with Charlie Rowe as poor soldier George Osborne, Johnny

Claudia Jessie is Becky's confidante Amelia Sedley

Flynn as Dobbin, Martin Clunes as Sir Pitt Crawley, Frances de La Tour as Miss Matilda Crawley, Suranne Jones as snobbish Miss Pinkerton and

Charlie Rowe as George Osborne and Johnny Flynn as William Dobbin

Michael Palin as Thackeray himself. Claudia Jessie will play Becky�s confidante Amelia Sedley, with Simon Russell Beale and Claire Skinner

Vanity Fair will air in seven hourlong episodes

as her parents, and David Fynn as her brother Joss.Shot on locations around United Kingdom and Hungarian capitol Budapest, the series will later on also air on Amazon in USA!

CLASSIC SF REMAKES: RAFE SPALL, ELEANOR TOMLINSON, RUPERT GRAVES LEAD BBC'S 'WAR OF THE WORLDS' MINI SERIES! FAHRENHEIT 451' TRAILER WITH MICHAEL B. JORDAN, MICHAEL SHANNON

  'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS'

 ELEANOR TOMLINSON AND RAFE SPALL  TO LEAD BBC MINI SERIES

Brilliant first photo and cast announcement come from Mammoth Screen and BBC's new three part series adaptation of H.G. Wells' sf classic WAR OF THE WORLDS! Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson are joined by Rupert Graves and Robert Carlyle in the cast!

ALIEN INVASION IS HERE!
Set in Edwardian England, the first alien invasion story in literature follows George (Rafe Spall) and his partner Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson) as they attempt to defy society and start a life together. Rupert Graves is Frederick, George's elder brother, and Robert Carlyle plays Ogilvy, an astronomer. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS tells their story as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.

  'FAHRENHEIT 451' TRAILER

MICHAEL B. JORDAN REMAKE

Meanwhile, HBO has released full trailer for their television movie FAHRENHEIT 451 which airs May 19th, starring Michael B. Jordan as Guy Montag, a fireman in a dystopian future society in which books are

The remake will hit HBO next Month!

banned and his job is to burn them. But he soon begins questioning the process and his mentor, Captain Beatty, played by Michael Shannon.

ITV & MAMMOTH SCREEN PLANNING 'TOM JONES' 18TH CENTURY EPIC SERIES? TOM HOLLANDER TO LEAD 'HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME' ITV EPIC SERIES? HISTORICAL FANTASY 'THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK' TO BECOME TV SERIES

   'TOM JONES' EPIC SERIES

ITV TAKING US TO 18TH CENTURY

It could be ITV's new period set saga

Massive news coming from ITV today! They will join Mammoth Screen, who is doing Victoria, Poldark and Vanity Fair, in adapting classic novel TOM JONES into a new period set series! The raunchy 1749 novel from Henry Fielding follows often very scandalous and bawdy sexual exploits and merry adventures of the young and good hearted 18th century foundling Tom Jones in a story full of twists and surprises. As 'Radio Times' reports, the project hasn't been officially greenlit yet, but it is expected to start shooting next year. Screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes who is penning the project thinks the story is ideal for current atmosphere as Tom never sleeps with women who don't want him and is always a perfect gentleman! According to rumours, the studio is negotiating with a big star to take the lead role!

   TOM HOLLANDER TO LEAD

'HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME' EPIC TELEVISION SERIES? 
Speaking of ITV, a few months ago the spy informed you that they are also preparing historical series on THE HUNCH BACK OF NOTRE DAME and

Tom Hollander is also producing the potential series

now they're hired Dr Thorne and Taboo's  Tom Hollander in the titular role! He is also producing the adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic with War and Peace Andrew Davies penning the script. In the series set in 1482 and following the love between hunchback Quasimodo, the Cathedral�s half blind and deaf bell-ringer, and a beautiful woman called Esmerelda, Hollander would play the Hunchback himself. They are currently seeking for foreign production partners.

   'MERMAID & MRS HANCOCK'

TO BE TURNED INTO TV SERIES BY WHITE QUEEN PRODUCERS

The writer got a six digit advance for this one!

Another epic series we can expect is the adaptation of Imogen Hermes Gowar's THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK. Playground Entertainment (Wolf Hall, White Queen) has bought the rights on the 1785 London set novel which follows Jonah Hancock, a prosperous merchant and widower, whose Captain returns having sold Hancock�s ship and cargo in exchange for an extraordinary creature; a mermaid. This mermaid becomes the subject of great curiosity and forges an encounter between Hancock and the desirable courtesan, Angelica Neal. The story describes their intertwined lives. This historical fantasy was sold earlier this year in a race between ten publishing houses for a six number sum.