The first pictures from BBC One's new adaptation of War & Peace have arrived.
The all-star cast is led by Downton Abbey's Lily James, who plays heroine Natasha Rostova, while James Norton and Paul Dano also feature as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Pierre Bezukhov.
This television version will condense elements of Leo Tolstoy's iconic 1869 novel about the Napoleonic French army's invasion of Russia into six episodes.
Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, Rebecca Front, Aneurin Barnard, Brian Cox and Ade Edmondson will all feature in supporting roles.
It was recently confirmed that Lifetime, A+ E and History will all simulcast the limited series event.
The BBC has partnered up with the Us channels and The Weinstein Company on the new adaptation, which follows their previous 1972 series starring Anthony Hopkins and Rupert Davies.
War & Peace will air on BBC One this winter.
The all-star cast is led by Downton Abbey's Lily James, who plays heroine Natasha Rostova, while James Norton and Paul Dano also feature as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Pierre Bezukhov.
This television version will condense elements of Leo Tolstoy's iconic 1869 novel about the Napoleonic French army's invasion of Russia into six episodes.
Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, Rebecca Front, Aneurin Barnard, Brian Cox and Ade Edmondson will all feature in supporting roles.
It was recently confirmed that Lifetime, A+ E and History will all simulcast the limited series event.
The BBC has partnered up with the Us channels and The Weinstein Company on the new adaptation, which follows their previous 1972 series starring Anthony Hopkins and Rupert Davies.
War & Peace will air on BBC One this winter.
- 8/12/2015
- Digital Spy
Paul Dano ("12 Years a Slave") Lily James ("Downton Abbey") and James Norton ("Belle") are set to lead the cast of the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel "War and Peace" at The BBC and The Weinstein Company.
Dano will play Pierre Bezukhov, James is Natasha Rostova and Norton is Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. Also onboard are Stephen Rea ("The Shadow Line") as Prince Vassily Kuragin, Ade Edmondson ("Blood") and Greta Scacchi ("Brideshead Revisited") as Count and Countess Rostov, Jack Lowden ("The Tunnel") as Nikolai Rostov, Tom Burke ("The Musketeers") as Dolokhov and Aisling Loftus ("Mr Selfridge") as Sonya.
Tom Harper ("Woman in Black: Angel of Death") will direct the miniseries which will be told over six one-hour episodes. Andrew Davies and Harvey Weinstein amongst others will produce and filming will begin in January in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Source: Variety...
Dano will play Pierre Bezukhov, James is Natasha Rostova and Norton is Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. Also onboard are Stephen Rea ("The Shadow Line") as Prince Vassily Kuragin, Ade Edmondson ("Blood") and Greta Scacchi ("Brideshead Revisited") as Count and Countess Rostov, Jack Lowden ("The Tunnel") as Nikolai Rostov, Tom Burke ("The Musketeers") as Dolokhov and Aisling Loftus ("Mr Selfridge") as Sonya.
Tom Harper ("Woman in Black: Angel of Death") will direct the miniseries which will be told over six one-hour episodes. Andrew Davies and Harvey Weinstein amongst others will produce and filming will begin in January in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Source: Variety...
- 12/28/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Paul Dano ("12 Years a Slave") Lily James ("Downton Abbey") and James Norton ("Belle") are set to lead the cast of the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel "War and Peace" at The BBC and The Weinstein Company.
Dano will play Pierre Bezukhov, James is Natasha Rostova and Norton is Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. Also onboard are Stephen Rea ("The Shadow Line") as Prince Vassily Kuragin, Ade Edmondson ("Blood") and Greta Scacchi ("Brideshead Revisited") as Count and Countess Rostov, Jack Lowden ("The Tunnel") as Nikolai Rostov, Tom Burke ("The Musketeers") as Dolokhov and Aisling Loftus ("Mr Selfridge") as Sonya.
Tom Harper ("Woman in Black: Angel of Death") will direct the miniseries which will be told over six one-hour episodes. Andrew Davies and Harvey Weinstein amongst others will produce and filming will begin in January in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Source: Variety...
Dano will play Pierre Bezukhov, James is Natasha Rostova and Norton is Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. Also onboard are Stephen Rea ("The Shadow Line") as Prince Vassily Kuragin, Ade Edmondson ("Blood") and Greta Scacchi ("Brideshead Revisited") as Count and Countess Rostov, Jack Lowden ("The Tunnel") as Nikolai Rostov, Tom Burke ("The Musketeers") as Dolokhov and Aisling Loftus ("Mr Selfridge") as Sonya.
Tom Harper ("Woman in Black: Angel of Death") will direct the miniseries which will be told over six one-hour episodes. Andrew Davies and Harvey Weinstein amongst others will produce and filming will begin in January in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Source: Variety...
- 12/28/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
12 Years a Slave's Paul Dano will lead the cast of War and Peace.
The actor will star as Pierre Bezukhov in BBC One's upcoming adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy classic, which will air in 2015.
James Norton (Grantchester) will also star as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, alongside Downton Abbey's Lily James, who has already been confirmed to play Natasha Rostova.
Norton said: "I'm thrilled to be entrusted with Andrei in this exciting adaptation. It's a privilege to bring to life one of Tolstoy's wonderfully rich and conflicted characters.
"And to get to work alongside talents such as Tom Harper, Andrew Davies, Lily James and Paul Dano is very exciting - I can't wait to get started."
Other cast members include Stephen Rea (An Honourable Woman) as Prince Vassily Kuragin, Ade Edmondson (Prey) and Greta Scacchi (The Falling) as Count and Countess Rostov, and Jack Lowden (The Tunnel) as Nikolai Rostov.
The actor will star as Pierre Bezukhov in BBC One's upcoming adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy classic, which will air in 2015.
James Norton (Grantchester) will also star as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, alongside Downton Abbey's Lily James, who has already been confirmed to play Natasha Rostova.
Norton said: "I'm thrilled to be entrusted with Andrei in this exciting adaptation. It's a privilege to bring to life one of Tolstoy's wonderfully rich and conflicted characters.
"And to get to work alongside talents such as Tom Harper, Andrew Davies, Lily James and Paul Dano is very exciting - I can't wait to get started."
Other cast members include Stephen Rea (An Honourable Woman) as Prince Vassily Kuragin, Ade Edmondson (Prey) and Greta Scacchi (The Falling) as Count and Countess Rostov, and Jack Lowden (The Tunnel) as Nikolai Rostov.
- 12/28/2014
- Digital Spy
In one of its most ambitious undertakings to date, the BBC is teaming with The Weinstein Company and Look Out Point to bring viewers a sprawling, six-part miniseries adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic tome War and Peace. Now, the pieces are falling into place for the series, with word that Lily James and Paul Dano are circling lead roles in the project.
Offers have been sent out to James, a rising star known best for her role as Lady Rose MacClare on the PBS period drama Downton Abbey, and Dano, who has been quietly building a reputation as a skilled character actor with parts in Little Miss Sunshine, Prisoners and 12 Years a Slave, among others. Though neither actor has been confirmed yet, James would take on the lead role of Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with Pierre Bezukhov, an awkward and illegitimate son of a wealthy Russian nobleman...
Offers have been sent out to James, a rising star known best for her role as Lady Rose MacClare on the PBS period drama Downton Abbey, and Dano, who has been quietly building a reputation as a skilled character actor with parts in Little Miss Sunshine, Prisoners and 12 Years a Slave, among others. Though neither actor has been confirmed yet, James would take on the lead role of Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with Pierre Bezukhov, an awkward and illegitimate son of a wealthy Russian nobleman...
- 7/30/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
It's probably not a total shock that a miniseries adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s doorstop "War And Peace" is being described as "the most ambitious event series ever made for the BBC." But it is interesting to see some of the actors being sought. Paul Dano and Lily James have been offered roles in the production, with the former eyed for "Pierre Bezukhov, the awkward illegitimate son who rises in society but leads a tumultuous life as he seeks to overcome his emotions" and the latter as Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with him. The plan is for this one to air in 2015 in the UK, so expect things to start coming together soon. [Deadline] Emile Hirsch has joined "Just Jim," the directorial debut of "Submarine" star Craig Roberts, who will also lead the film. The story follows "a teenage loser who life is turned around by the appearance of an enigmatic,...
- 7/30/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Lily James and Paul Dano are in talks to appear in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace.
According to Deadline, Downton Abbey star James would play Natasha Rostova, a role previously taken by Audrey Hepburn in the 1956 film version of Leo Tolstoy's classic book.
She falls in love with Pierre Bezukhov, who Prisoners star Dano is in talks to play - an illegitimate son who rises in society.
Award-winning writer Andrew Davies - whose recent credits include Mr Selfridge and Little Dorrit - is set to pen the six-episode adaptation.
Davies previously said of the project: "[It is] not just a great novel, it's a wonderful read and it'll make a wonderful serial.
"A thrilling, funny and heartbreaking story of love, war and family life. The characters are so natural and human and easy to identify with, and Natasha Rostova just beats Lizzy Bennet as the most lovable heroine in literature.
According to Deadline, Downton Abbey star James would play Natasha Rostova, a role previously taken by Audrey Hepburn in the 1956 film version of Leo Tolstoy's classic book.
She falls in love with Pierre Bezukhov, who Prisoners star Dano is in talks to play - an illegitimate son who rises in society.
Award-winning writer Andrew Davies - whose recent credits include Mr Selfridge and Little Dorrit - is set to pen the six-episode adaptation.
Davies previously said of the project: "[It is] not just a great novel, it's a wonderful read and it'll make a wonderful serial.
"A thrilling, funny and heartbreaking story of love, war and family life. The characters are so natural and human and easy to identify with, and Natasha Rostova just beats Lizzy Bennet as the most lovable heroine in literature.
- 7/30/2014
- Digital Spy
Though it has been adapted several times before, Leo Tolstoy’s huge tale of drama between aristocratic Russian families is once more the target of a TV project, this time a collaboration between the BBC and The Weinstein Company. Paul Dano and Lily James are mulling offers to star in the miniseries.Developed by the company behind Ripper Street and scripted by veteran novel adapter Andrew Davies, it will retell the sprawling story that's set in 1805 Russia and weaves between five rich families around the reign of Alexander I. James is being targeted to play Natasha Rostova, who falls for the wrong man – namely Dano’s Pierre Bezukhov, an awkward illegitimate son who spots a chance to climb society’s ranks but struggles with his hot temper. The actors would be playing roles originally tackled by Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda in the 1956 film version, so no pressure there, then.
- 7/29/2014
- EmpireOnline
The BBC has commissioned a six part mini-series adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace." The script will be adapted by Andrew Davies, whose credits include 1990's original "House of Cards." Davies states calls "War and Peace" a "thrilling, funny and heartbreaking story of love, war and family life. The characters are so natural and human and easy to identify with, and Natasha Rostova just beats Lizzy Bennet as the most lovable heroine in literature." There have been many iterations of Tolstoy's classic, including King Vidor's 1956 version with Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer and Henry Fonda. Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" has been equally popular; Joe Wright was the latest to tackle the story, with Keira Knightley at the helm last year. The BBC's recent projects include Jane Campion's "Top of the Lake" and the upcoming "Burton and Taylor" with Dominic West and Helena Bonham...
- 2/18/2013
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Andrew Davies has written screen versions of everything from the original House Of Cards to Pride And Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Bleak House, Brideshead Revisited and Bridget Jones. He’s now adding the tome of tomes to that list. The BBC has announced Davies will pen a six-part serialized version of Leo Tolstoy’s epic War And Peace to air on BBC One in 2015. The event drama hails from Doctor Who producer BBC Cymru Wales and it’s likely a U.S. partner will board the project in due course. Tolstoy’s War And Peace begins in 1805 Russia and centers on five aristocratic families set against the backdrop of the reign of Alexander I, the lingering effects of his grandmother Catherine The Great’s rule and the events surrounding Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812. Davies today called the book, “A thrilling, funny and heartbreaking story of love, war and family life.
- 2/18/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
BBC One is to adapt epic novel War and Peace for television.
Award-winning writer Andrew Davies - whose recent credits include Mr Selfridge and Little Dorrit - will pen the six-episode adaptation.
"War and Peace is truly epic in scale and builds on BBC One's commitment to bringing audiences drama of the highest quality and impact," said BBC One controller Danny Cohen.
"Told over six episodes, Andrew Davies will bring his exceptional powers of adaptation to this literary masterpiece."
War and Peace is based on Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed 1869 novel, often cited as one of the most important works in literature.
"[It is] not just a great novel, it's a wonderful read and it'll make a wonderful serial," said writer Davies. "A thrilling, funny and heartbreaking story of love, war and family life. The characters are so natural and human and easy to identify with and Natasha Rostova just beats Lizzy...
Award-winning writer Andrew Davies - whose recent credits include Mr Selfridge and Little Dorrit - will pen the six-episode adaptation.
"War and Peace is truly epic in scale and builds on BBC One's commitment to bringing audiences drama of the highest quality and impact," said BBC One controller Danny Cohen.
"Told over six episodes, Andrew Davies will bring his exceptional powers of adaptation to this literary masterpiece."
War and Peace is based on Leo Tolstoy's acclaimed 1869 novel, often cited as one of the most important works in literature.
"[It is] not just a great novel, it's a wonderful read and it'll make a wonderful serial," said writer Davies. "A thrilling, funny and heartbreaking story of love, war and family life. The characters are so natural and human and easy to identify with and Natasha Rostova just beats Lizzy...
- 2/18/2013
- Digital Spy
Leo Tolstoy is widely considered in the west to be the greatest writer of all time and this year sees the release of a film, The Last Station, to mark the centenary of his death. So why is his native Russia lukewarm about the literary genius?
For Tolstoy fans, 2010 is set to be a wonderful year. One hundred years after the great Russian novelist fled from his country estate outside Moscow – dying three weeks later in a small provincial railway station – the world is gearing up to celebrate him. In Germany and the Us there are fresh translations of Anna Karenina; in Cuba and Mexico Tolstoy bookfairs; worldwide, a new black- and-white documentary. Dug up from Russia's archives and restored, the original cinema footage shows an elderly Tolstoy playing with his poodles and vaulting energetically on his horse.
Next month also sees the UK premiere of The Last Station, an...
For Tolstoy fans, 2010 is set to be a wonderful year. One hundred years after the great Russian novelist fled from his country estate outside Moscow – dying three weeks later in a small provincial railway station – the world is gearing up to celebrate him. In Germany and the Us there are fresh translations of Anna Karenina; in Cuba and Mexico Tolstoy bookfairs; worldwide, a new black- and-white documentary. Dug up from Russia's archives and restored, the original cinema footage shows an elderly Tolstoy playing with his poodles and vaulting energetically on his horse.
Next month also sees the UK premiere of The Last Station, an...
- 1/6/2010
- by Luke Harding
- The Guardian - Film News
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