Michael Douglas to play Benjamin Franklin in restricted sequence

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Michael Douglas will star as US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in a brand new restricted sequence. According to Variety, the yet-untitled sequence relies on the e-book ‘A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America’ by Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff. Kirk Ellis, the author behind ‘John Adams’ sequence, will write the present for Apple and function an government producer.

Emmy-winning director Tim Van Patten will direct and government produce. Douglas will government produce along with starring.

Richard Plepler will government produce by way of EDEN Productions, which is presently underneath an general deal at Apple. Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Mark Mostyn additionally government produce, with Schiff co-executive producing. Apple Studios and ITV Studios will co-produce.

The sequence will discover the story of one of many best gambles of Franklin’s profession. At age 70, with none diplomatic coaching, Franklin satisfied France – an absolute monarchy – to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy.

By advantage of his fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues, all whereas engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the ultimate peace with England of l783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most significant service to his nation, with out which America wouldn’t have received the Revolution.

Douglas most lately starred within the Netflix sequence ‘The Kominsky Method’, which aired its third and last season on the streamer in 2021. His starring position within the sequence earned him a Golden Globe in 2019 and three consecutive Emmy nominations for greatest actor in a comedy sequence. Douglas is primarily identified for his movie roles. He received the Oscar for greatest actor for his iconic position in ‘Wall Street’ in 1988, with Douglas reprising the position of Gordon Gekko in ‘Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps’ in 2010.

He was additionally a part of the manufacturing staff for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, which received the Oscar for greatest image in 1976. Douglas’ different movie roles embrace ‘Fatal Attraction’, ‘Basic Instinct’, ‘Falling Down’, and ‘Solitary Man’.