{"id":12449,"date":"2019-12-05T02:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T07:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/david-tennant-star-around-world-80-days-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:16:37","slug":"david-tennant-to-star-in-around-the-world-in-80-days-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/david-tennant-to-star-in-around-the-world-in-80-days-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"David Tennant to Star in Around the World in 80 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Tennant has signed on to play explorer Phileas Fogg in an epic adaptation of Jules Verne\u2019s classic<em> Around the World in 80 Days<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-award-winning actor, whose credits include <em>Broadchurch<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Doctor Who<\/em> and <em>Good Omens<\/em>, will lead the cast and travel the world as the intrepid explorer who takes on the adventure of a lifetime in the 8&#215;1-hour adaptation. The book is being brought to screen for\u00a0France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, ZDF, Rai and Seven.<\/p>\n<p>The series is being adapted by a team of writers led by Ashley Pharoah (<em>Life on Mars<\/em>,<em> Ashes to Ashes<\/em>,<em> The Living and the Dead<\/em>) and Caleb Ranson (<em>Child of Mine<\/em>,<em> Heartless<\/em>). Steve Barron (<em>The Durrells<\/em>,<em> Treasure Island<\/em>,<em> Dreamkeeper<\/em>) will be lead director with Charles Beeson (<em>The Mentalist<\/em>,<em> Supernatural<\/em>) also lined up to direct a number of episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Filming is slated to begin in February 2020 for broadcast at the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Tennant has signed on to play explorer Phileas Fogg in an epic adaptation of Jules Verne\u2019s classic Around the World in 80 Days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":12450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[757],"class_list":["post-12449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-david-tennant","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Tennant to Star in Around the World in 80 Days - 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