FX’s official trailer for Great Expectations provides our first good look at Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) as Miss Havisham and Fionn Whitehead (Emily) as Pip. The six-episode limited series will premiere on Hulu on March 26, 2023.
Based on Charles Dickens’s classic novel, the limited series also features Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella, Ashley Thomas as Jaggers, Johnny Harris as Magwitch, Hayley Squires as Sara Gargery, and Owen McDonnell as Joe Gargery. Laurie Ogden plays Biddy, Matt Berry is Mr. Pumblechook, Trystan Gravelle is Compeyson, and Rudi Dharmalingam is Wemmick.
The cast also includes Tom Sweet as Young Pip, Chloe Lea as Young Estella, Matthew Needham as Mr. Drummle, and Parth Thakerar as Herbert Pocket.
Steven Knight adapted Dickens’s work and serves as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker, and Kate Crowe. Great Expectations is an FX production in association with the BBC,...
Based on Charles Dickens’s classic novel, the limited series also features Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella, Ashley Thomas as Jaggers, Johnny Harris as Magwitch, Hayley Squires as Sara Gargery, and Owen McDonnell as Joe Gargery. Laurie Ogden plays Biddy, Matt Berry is Mr. Pumblechook, Trystan Gravelle is Compeyson, and Rudi Dharmalingam is Wemmick.
The cast also includes Tom Sweet as Young Pip, Chloe Lea as Young Estella, Matthew Needham as Mr. Drummle, and Parth Thakerar as Herbert Pocket.
Steven Knight adapted Dickens’s work and serves as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker, and Kate Crowe. Great Expectations is an FX production in association with the BBC,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The first trailer for FX‘s highly-anticipated Great Expectations adaptation has arrived ahead of its Hulu debut on March 26 and things are getting dark for Pip (Fionn Whitehead) in the interpretation of Charles Dickens‘ novel. Written for the screen by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) who executive produces the series with Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott, Great Expectations follows the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life. Pip’s big dreams are interrupted by a twist of fate though as the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman) introduce him to a darker world of possibilities. (Credit: Miya Mizuno/FX) Under these great expectations that are placed upon him, Pip has to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will make him the man he’s always wished to be. The story is a timeless...
- 2/16/2023
- TV Insider
FX has finally set a premiere date for its Great Expectations limited series from writer/executive producer Steven Knight. The six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic novel will premiere on Sunday, March 26, 2023 on Hulu with the release of the first two episodes.
The cast was announced in February 2022 and the first two official photos arrived in July 2022. FX chose to announce the premiere date on Charles Dickens’s birthday.
The premiere date announcement was accompanied by the series’ poster, along with a description of what the artwork represents:
“The newly released key art, true to FX and Steven Knight’s style, features one of literature’s most iconic characters, Miss Havisham ensnaring her pawns, Pip and Estella, in the headdress she still wears from her wedding that never was. Entangled in Miss Havisham’s bitter web are memorable elements from the tale including the decaying Satis House, clocks stopped at 20 minutes to nine,...
The cast was announced in February 2022 and the first two official photos arrived in July 2022. FX chose to announce the premiere date on Charles Dickens’s birthday.
The premiere date announcement was accompanied by the series’ poster, along with a description of what the artwork represents:
“The newly released key art, true to FX and Steven Knight’s style, features one of literature’s most iconic characters, Miss Havisham ensnaring her pawns, Pip and Estella, in the headdress she still wears from her wedding that never was. Entangled in Miss Havisham’s bitter web are memorable elements from the tale including the decaying Satis House, clocks stopped at 20 minutes to nine,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
FX and BBC have given a first look at Steven Knight’s next adaptation of a Charles Dickens classic. The first photos have been released from the limited series Great Expectations. In them, you can see Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham, Fionn Whitehead as Pip, and Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella. Miya Mizuno/FX These images come as production continues in London. The six-part limited series also stars Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Matt Berry. Great Expectations is the coming-of-age story of an orphan nicknamed Pip. Dickens first released it as a series of weekly chapters, beginning in December 1860, before it was published as a novel in 1861. Miya Mizuno/FX Knight will write and executive produce the limited series. Joining him as executive producers are Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker, Kate Crowe, and Tommy Bulfin for the BBC. Great...
- 7/12/2022
- TV Insider
Olivia Colman Is Unrecognizable as Miss Havisham in First Look at FX’s ‘Great Expectations’ (Photos)
Double Oscar winner Olivia Colman is unrecognizable in first look photos at FX and BBC’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations.”
In the two photos released Tuesday morning, Colman’s elderly Miss Havisham appears to be in the character’s trademark wedding dress. The image at the top of this page shows her opposite Fionn Whitehead as Pip, while the second image features her with Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella.
The six part-series hails from Steven Knight, who is writer and executive producer. It follows he coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan.
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella (Miya Mizuno/FX) Also Read:
Olivia Colman to Play Miss Havisham, Fionn Whitehead to Play Pip in ‘Great Expectations’ Limited Series for FX and BBC
Dickens released the first installment of the book in December 1860. Chapters were released across the weeks and it was later printed in full novel form.
In the two photos released Tuesday morning, Colman’s elderly Miss Havisham appears to be in the character’s trademark wedding dress. The image at the top of this page shows her opposite Fionn Whitehead as Pip, while the second image features her with Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella.
The six part-series hails from Steven Knight, who is writer and executive producer. It follows he coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan.
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella (Miya Mizuno/FX) Also Read:
Olivia Colman to Play Miss Havisham, Fionn Whitehead to Play Pip in ‘Great Expectations’ Limited Series for FX and BBC
Dickens released the first installment of the book in December 1860. Chapters were released across the weeks and it was later printed in full novel form.
- 7/12/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
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