PBS Masterpiece has acquired The Nice Escaper, starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson of their last performing roles, and The Rely of Monte Cristo, starring Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons, for its 2025 and 2026 seasons. The community introduced the acquisition on Wednesday, Could 21.
The Nice Escaper is a British movie that first debuted in October 2023 within the U.Okay. It’ll air on PBS Masterpiece this fall in its U.S. tv debut. Two-time Palme d’Or and Oscar-winner Bille August is on the helm of this newest adaptation of The Rely of Monte Cristo, which already aired in Italy to a lot success. The variation of Alexandre Dumas’ iconic masterpiece will premiere on PBS in 2026. A precise premiere date will likely be introduced at a later time for the eight-episode restricted collection.
Masterpiece Head of Scripted Content material and Government Producer Susanne Simpson introduced the acquisitions on the PBS Annual Assembly at this time (Could 21).
“I couldn’t be happier to be bringing these particular applications to our viewers. British performing royalty and an adaptation of a traditional piece of literature – The Nice Escaper and The Rely of Monte Cristo are each good Masterpiece fare,” stated Simpson. Masterpiece is introduced on PBS by GBH Boston.
The Nice Escaper (trailer above) tells the true story of Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) who made world headlines in the summertime of 2014. He had staged a “nice escape” from his care house to affix fellow struggle veterans on a seashore in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades on the D-Day Landings seventieth anniversary.
It was a narrative that captured the creativeness of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a technology that was quick disappearing. However after all, it wasn’t the entire story. It was an inspirational however sanitized retelling of 1 man’s want to return to phrases with the lasting trauma of struggle.
Bernie’s journey, spanning a mere 48 hours, additionally marked the fruits of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson); The Nice Escaper celebrates their enduring love however all the time with a watch to the teachings we would study from the Biggest Era. From Pathé and BBC Movies, The Nice Escaper is an Ecosse Movie manufacturing made in co-production with Movie I Väst and Filmgate Movies.
The Rely of Monte Cristo (trailer beneath) is a lushly lensed adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ iconic masterpiece. Within the epic collection directed by August, Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones and the Six, The Starvation Video games) stars as Edmond Dantes, a 19-year-old sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned with out trial within the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille, France.
After a few years of captivity he lastly escapes and discovers treasure, making him one of many richest males on this planet. Underneath the identification of the Rely of Monte Cristo, he plans to take revenge on those that wrongly accused him. Ana Girardot (The Returned) and Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) additionally star.
The Rely of Monte Cristo is produced by Palomar and DEMD Productions, two Mediawan corporations, and distributed worldwide by MediawanRights in cooperation with CAA (for North America) and with the participation of Entourage Ventures.
Current releases from PBS Masterpiece embrace Miss Austen and Wolf Corridor: The Mirror and the Gentle.