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Great Expectations is coming quickly to Hulu. The six-episode restricted collection remake of the Charles Dickens traditional from FX and BBC will arrive on the streaming service on March twenty sixth.
Fionn Whitehead, Olivia Colman, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle, Laurie Ogden, Rudi Dharmalingam, Tom Sweet, Chloe Lea, and Matt Berry star within the collection from Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). FX revealed extra concerning the collection in a press launch.
“FX in the present day, on the anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birthday, set the premiere date for Great Expectations, Steven Knight’s restricted collection adaptation of Dickens’ traditional. The collection’ key artwork was additionally launched in the present day.
The six-part collection from FX and BBC will premiere Sunday, March 26 solely on Hulu within the U.S. and have the primary two episodes. Great Expectations is produced in affiliation with the BBC who will air the collection within the UK. Internationally, it is going to be out there to stream on Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ beneath the Star banner at a later date.
The newly launched key artwork, true to FX and Steven Knight’s type, options one among literature’s most iconic characters, Miss Havisham ensnaring her pawns, Pip and Estella, within the headdress she nonetheless wears from her wedding ceremony that by no means was. Entangled in Miss Havisham’s bitter net are memorable components from the story together with the decaying Satis House, clocks stopped at 20 minutes to 9, in addition to the jail ship and manacles that led Magwitch to Pip, thus starting the story of Dickens’ beloved Great Expectations.
Great Expectations is the coming-of-age story of “Pip,” an orphan who yearns for a higher lot in life, till a accident and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric “Miss Havisham” reveals him a darkish world of potentialities. Under the good expectations positioned upon him, Pip should work out the true price of this new world and whether or not it would really make him the person he needs to be. A damning critique of the category system, Dickens’ novel was revealed in 1861 after first releasing it in a collection of weekly chapters starting in December 1860.
Fionn Whitehead stars as “Pip,” main a stellar forged that includes Olivia Colman as “Miss Havisham,” Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle, Laurie Ogden, Rudi Dharmalingam, Tom Sweet, Chloe Lea and Matt Berry.
Knight serves as author, and likewise government producer alongside Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker and Kate Crowe. Brady Hood and Samira Radsi function administrators. Great Expectations is produced by FX Productions in affiliation with the BBC, Scott Free and Hardy Son & Baker.”
Check out the poster and teaser for the Great Expectations remake beneath.
What do you assume? Are you planning to take a look at this FX on Hulu collection?