Monte Cristo Movie Updates

Tue., Mar. 19, 2013

from The Hollywood Reporter

David Goyer to Direct 'Count of Monte Cristo' Remake

Michael Robert Johnson has penned the script for a "graphic novel" approach to the classic Alexandre Dumas tale for Constantin Films.

• added period as a genre
• added a synopsis

• Set in early 19th century France, the tale centers on Edmond Dantes, a young man betrayed and falsely jailed. While on a prison island, Dantes meets a fellow inmate who not only educates the man but also points him in the direction of a fortune. When... show all Dantes finally escapes after many years, he re-emerges in Paris society primed to take revenge against the men who took away his love and his freedom.

• added Impact Pictures as a production company
• added Jeremy Bolt as Producer to the credits
• added Constantin Film as a production company
• added action as genre
• added David S. Goyer as Director to the credits
• changed the production status to Development
• changed the production status to Announced
• created the movie profile