Sunday, December 15, 2024

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO HISTORICAL ADVENTURE TV SERIES WITH SAM CLAFLIN, JEREMY IRONS, BLAKE RITSON

   COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO   
SAM CLAFLIN'S HISTORICAL EPIC TV SERIES
The series is hitting small screens this month
As of last week, December 11th to be more precise, over at Italian broadcaster RAI and French national broadcaster France TV,   Mediawan's English language historical series THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO with Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons has officially started airing and will also hit Swiss national broadcaster RTS1 tonight, and in Sweden it will air on STI Play from December 18th. It will also air on TV3 in Russia and on BBC sometime next year directed by Palme d'Or and Oscar winner Bille August who shot it in France, Italy and Malta where they actually used the very same castle that was mentioned in Alexandre Dumas' book on which the series is based. Our dearest Sam Claflin has recently signed with a new agency in Hollywood, so let us hope it means more of him on our screens, but next year we will also watch him in Harlan Coben's series Lazarus at Prime Video and possibly also in Barbaric epic TV series over at Netflix if it gets finished.
THIS EIGHT PART EPIC SERIES
 sees Sam Claflin playing Edmond Dantes, whose future looks bright: he has just become a ship captain and is preparing to marry the love of his life, the beautiful Mercedes. However, he does not even suspect that he has enemies who, out of envy, are going to plot against him. Edmond is unfairly accused of Bonapartism and sent to the Chateau d'If prison without trial. After ten years in prison, Edmond loses all hope of salvation, but suddenly meets another prisoner - Abbe Faria, who had been digging an escape tunnel for many years, but mistakenly ended up in Dantes' cell. The new comrade tells Edmond about the treasures that are located outside the castle, but soon dies, and Dantes escapes alone. Now he is the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who intends to take revenge on those who destroyed his life.

 WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
Jeremy Irons plays Abbé Faria who has a decisive role in carrying out Cristo's revenge. Ana Girardot, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Blake Ritson, Karla-Simone Spence, Michele Riondino, Lino Guanciale, Greg Hughes, Luke Carroll, Gabriella Pession and Nicolas Maupas also star in Bille August directed series. Check out the Italian trailer below and tell us what you think. Are you excited to watch if it airs in your country?

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