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It’s time to clear your viewing schedules and get excited about the BBC’s upcoming series Around the World in 80 Days, which premieres just after Christmas.
Adapted from Jules Verne’s well-known book of the same name, the BBC One eight-parter is penned by Life on Mars’ Ashley Pharoah among others and stars David Tennant (Good Omens) in the lead role of English gentleman-turned-adventurer Phileas Fogg.
What’s more, already Around the World in 80 Days has been renewed for a second season, and will see Fogg and his team take on yet another perilous challenge to venture across the world, with the primary cast expected to return.
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Source: Radio Times
After production was halted on David Tennant drama Around The World In 80 Days amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic last March, filming has resumed in Romania. In all, the shoot will be spread across locations and studios in Romania and South Africa over a five-month period.
A Slim Film + Television and Federation co-production for the European Alliance (France Télévisions, ZDF and RAI), the project has also been boarded by co-production partners Masterpiece in the U.S., Peu Communications in South Africa, and Belgium’s Be-FILMS and RTBF. Daro Film associate produces.
Joining Tennant in the eight-part adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure are French actor Ibrahim Koma (OSS 177) as Phileas Fogg’s irrepressible valet, Passepartout, and Leonie Benesch (The Crown) as determined journalist, Abigail ‘Fix’ Fortescue.
Poldark’s Peter Sullivan will also appear as Fogg’s childhood friend Nyle Bellamy, with whom he strikes up the outrageous bet that sets the wild story in motion.
Guest actors now joining the cast include Lindsay Duncan (A Discovery Of Witches), Dolly Wells (Dracula), Richard Wilson (Merlin), Faical Elkihel (The Spy), Anthony Flanagan (The Terror), Gary Beadle (Patrick Melrose) and Giovanni Scifoni (DOC – Nelle Tue Mani).
Around The World In 80 Days is adapted by a team of writers led by Ashley Pharoah (Life On Mars) and Caleb Ranson (Child Of Mine). Steve Barron (The Durrells) directs with Charles Beeson (The Mentalist) also helming a number of episodes. Producer is Peter McAleese (The Gunman).
Seven West Media has also backed the production and will broadcast in Australia. The series has been acquired by the BBC in the UK and RTS in Switzerland. Federation Entertainment handles distribution rights and says negotiations are being closed with additional international platforms.
Exec producers are Simon Crawford Collins for Slim, Lionel Uzan and Pascal Breton for Federation, Winnie Serite for Peu and Susanne Simpson for Masterpiece.
The production team is working closely with local governments in Romania and South Africa, adhering to guidelines regarding filming at this time.
Source: Deadline
