

#WHO PLAYED THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO TV#
The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted into film and TV a number of times now, dating back to 1908 up until 2018. RELATED: The Beast Must Die: AMC Sets Premiere Date for Revenge Thriller Constantin’s Brandon Zimon, Colin Scully, and Alex Westmore are set to oversee the project. We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest. The film will be executive produced by Huston, Fung, Ian Duncan, and Simon Boyes, along with Oliver Berben and Robert Kulzer. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, pre. This new take is expected to take the story through Asia and the U.S. RELATED: New Gunpowder Milkshake Trailer: Revenge is Best Served ColdĬonstantin Films’ new adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo will follow Nicolas Cristo who is being described as a man broken, betrayed, and locked away for over a decade, fighting to bring justice to a world even more cruel and corrupt than the one that was taken from him. I believe we share the same passion and excitement to reimagine this classic tale of revenge and redemption.” “We couldn’t be more excited to have partnered with Constantin, Stephen, and Tea Shop to reimagine this incredible story and bring it to life.”įung added, “I am thrilled to board this journey with Jack, Ian, Simon, and Constantin. “It has long been a dream of ours to take what we consider to be one of the great works of literature and present it to a modern audience in a unique and compelling way,” Huston along with executive producers Ian Duncan and Simon Boyes said in a statement. Huston is also set to pen the adaptation, with Into the Badlands filmmaker Stephen Fung attached to helm the project.

Jack Huston ( Fargo, American Hustle, Boardwalk Empire) has been tapped for the leading role of Nicolas Cristo. Edmond returned to take revenge, not to recover his lost family. Edmond would be a copy of Odysseus, Albert a copy of Penelope and Abert a copy of Telemachus. It seems they want to transport Homer to 19th century France and have changed the names. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage via Getty Images)Īccording to Deadline, Constantin Film is currently in the process of developing a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic French novel The Count of Monte Cristo, which centers around a man seeking revenge for his wrongful imprisonment. The count of monte cristo (2002) looks like a bad copy of Odyssey by Homer.
