PBS Masterpiece has revealed a launch date and first-look pictures for the newest adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ literary epic, The Rely of Monte Cristo. The upcoming interval drama stars Sam Claflin because the titular “Rely of Monte Cristo,” in any other case often called Edmond Dantés. The Starvation Video games star can be joined by Oscar-winning English actor Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune), who can be portraying Edmond’s fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria.
The sequence premiered in continental European territories in 2024, adopted by a UK TV premiere in August this yr. Now, the interval drama will lastly be making its option to the US, the place Prime Video PBS Masterpiece subscribers will be capable of catch the sequence early on March 1, 2026. The Rely of Monte Cristo will then air weekly on PBS Masterpiece from March 22.
The primary-look pictures for The Rely of Monte Cristo reveal Sam Claflin’s Edmond wanting courageous and decided on an enormous ship, the cruel circumstances endured in jail by Jeremy Irons’ Abbé, and the blossoming love between Edmond and Ana Girardot’s (The Returned) character, Mercédès.
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