Michael Douglas Will Play The Legendary Benjamin Franklin For Apple Series
Marvel
By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 28, 2022 5:09 pm EST
While many of us are still singing the songs of “Hamilton,” there’s plenty of room for a new series about one of America’s other founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. The man whose face is forever emblazoned on the $100 bill will be brought to life by the talented Michael Douglas for a new limited event series from Apple TV+. The series, announced today, will be written by “John Adams” scribe Kirk Ellis and helmed by “Boardwalk Empire” director Tim Van Patten. The series will be based on the book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff.
Michael Douglas Will Play The Legendary Benjamin Franklin For Apple Series
Marvel
By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 28, 2022 5:09 pm EST
While many of us are still singing the songs of “Hamilton,” there’s plenty of room for a new series about one of America’s other founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. The man whose face is forever emblazoned on the $100 bill will be brought to life by the talented Michael Douglas for a new limited event series from Apple TV+. The series, announced today, will be written by “John Adams” scribe Kirk Ellis and helmed by “Boardwalk Empire” director Tim Van Patten. The series will be based on the book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff.
It’s all about the Benjamin
US Treasury Department
Here’s the official synopsis:
Tony Krantz, Richard Plelper, Mark Mostyn, and Michael Douglas will all executive produce along with Stacy Schiff, who serves as co-executive producer. The series is a co-production between ITV Studios America and Apple Studios. Douglas recently starred in the Netflix comedy series “The Kominsky Method,” and will soon reprise his role as Hank Pym in Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” hopefully heading to theaters in Summer 2023.
The Franklin limited series sounds like it’s going to be catnip for Dads with history degrees, and Douglas should be knockout as one of America’s most brilliant minds.
