The David Tennant-starring AroundTheWorldIn80Days made its world premiere at Canneseries
Making its world premiere on Sunday in an Out of Competition slot at Canneseries , the French-U.K. production of “Around the World in 80 Days” has been updated for the 21st century, as lead actorIn an interview on the Canneseries’ website, Tennant speaks with journalist Thomas Destouches about the new series, produced by Slim Film Plus Television andfor France Télévisions, ZDF and RAI. Season 1 is composed of eight episodes of 52 minutes each.
In this version, he proposes the idea himself – for undisclosed but seemingly romantic reasons – and is accompanied by a plucky female journalist, while French-Malian actor Ibrahim Koma plays the role of the valet Jean Passepartout, updating the original white male storyline. Leonie Benesch plays the newly created role of Abigail Fix, a journalist ewho rebels against writing under a male byline.
Tennant follows in the footsteps of a string of notable actors, including David Niven and Steve Coogan, to have played the role. But this Fogg is different.
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