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Great Expectations is an upcoming period drama developed by Steven Knight. It is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.

Great Expectations
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Written by	Steven Knight
Directed by	Lucy Forbes
Starring	Olivia Colman Fionn Whitehead
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Dean Baker Kate Crowe Tom Hardy Steven Knight Mona Qureshi Ridley Scott David W. Zucker
Production companies	Scott Free Productions Hardy Baker & Son BBC Studios FXP
Release
Original network	BBC FX

Premise

A young orphan takes strides in order to change his life into that of a gentleman.

Cast

• Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham
• Fionn Whitehead as Pip
• Ashley Thomas as Jaggers
• Johnny Harris as Magwitch
• Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella
• Hayley Squires as Sara
• Owen McDonnell as Joe
• Trystan Gravelle as Compeyson
• Matt Berry as Mr. Pumblechuck

Production

It was announced in May 2020 that Steven Knight would develop a television series adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel in collaboration between the BBC and FX, his second after 2019's A Christmas Carol.[1]

In February 2022, the cast for the series was announced, with Olivia Colman cast as Miss Havisham, and Fionn Whitehead cast as Pip.[2] Filming began by March 2022, with production taking place at Buckler's Hard, Hampshire on March 30.[3]

References

External links

• Great Expectations at the Internet Movie Database

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