Bear Grylls’ The Natural Studios ropes in Francis Annan to helm ‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ film

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Francis Annan will sort out the trendy adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ iconic novel “The Count of Monte Cristo”, to be produced by Bear Grylls’ manufacturing firm The Natural Studios.

Annan, greatest identified for 2020 film “Escape From Pretoria”, will write and direct the movie, which shall be set in Afghanistan, reported Deadline.

The earlier script got here from Tom Williams.

Set within the current day, the movie focuses on the friendship and bitter rivalry that develops between two particular forces troopers who’re despatched to conflict in Afghanistan.

It marks the primary foray into scripted characteristic movies for The Natural Studios, Grylls’ three way partnership with Banijay Group.

Pure Grass’s Ben Grass and Christophe Charlier will even produce the film.

Published in 1844, “The Count of Monte Cristo” centres on a person who’s wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and units about exacting revenge on these liable for his imprisonment. His plans have devastating penalties for each the harmless and the responsible.