Shooting resumes with David Tennant-Starrer “Around the World in 80 Days” – Deadline

After production was stopped on David Tennant’s play Around the world in 80 days During the escalation of the coronavirus pandemic last March, filming resumed in Romania. In all, the shots will be distributed to locations and studios in Romania and South Africa for a period of five months.

A Slim Film + Television and Federation co-production for the European Alliance (France Télévisions, ZDF and RAI), the project was also signed by co-production partners Masterpiece in the United States, Peu Communications in South Africa and Belgian Be-FILMS and RTBF. Daro Film associate produces.

Joining Tennant in the eight-part adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure is French actor Ibrahim Koma (OSS 177) as Phileas Fogg’s irrepressible waiter, Passepartout, and Leonie Benesch (The crown) as a determined journalist, Abigail “Fix” Fortescue.

Jason Watkins (Of the) and Peter Sullivan (Poldark).

Guest actors now joining the cast include Lindsay Duncan (A discovery of the witches), Dolly Wells (Dracula), Richard Wilson (MerlinFaical Elkihel,The spy), Anthony Flanagan (The terror), Gary Beadle (Patrick Melrose) and Giovanni Scifoni (DOC – In Your Hands).

Around the world in 80 days is adapted by a team of writers led by Ashley Pharoah (Life on Mars) and Caleb Ranson (My son). Steve Barron (The Durrells) conducts with Charles Beeson (The Mentalist) who also directed a number of episodes. The producer is Peter McAleese (The Gunman).

Seven West Media also supported the production and will broadcast in Australia. The series was acquired by the BBC in the UK and by RTS in Switzerland. Federation Entertainment manages the distribution rights and says that the negotiations are closed with additional international platforms.

Executive producers are Simon Crawford Collins for Slim, Lionel Uzan and Pascal Breton for Federation, Winnie Serite for Peu and Susanne Simpson for Masterpiece.

The production team is working closely with local governments in Romania and South Africa, adhering to the guidelines regarding filming at the moment.