Michael Douglas will play Benjamin Franklin in an Apple+ miniseries. In addition to playing the role of this essential American historical figure, the actor will wear the cap of executive producer for this series adapted from the book by Stacy Schiff A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.
As the title of this Pulitzer Prize-winning book suggests, the plot will focus on Benjamin Franklin’s diplomatic trip to France to garner support in the War of Independence between the American colonies and the United Kingdom. United.
A quality team
On the writing side, the screenplay was entrusted to Kirk Ellis, who notably worked on a 2008 series produced by HBO devoted to John Adams, the second president of the United States, and which had been widely rewarded at the Emmy Awards as underlined by the Hollywood Reporter.
Finally, it is Tim Van Patten, another subscriber of the Emmy Awards to whom we owe certain episodes of Sopranos and of Boardwalk Empirewho will produce this series on one of the founding fathers of the United States.
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