![]() ![]() ![]() A less faithful version, from 2004, featured Jackie Chan as the story’s (originally French) valet, Passepartout.īut this version is tailored to contemporary sensibilities, introducing a diverse cast of characters. There have been many film and television productions inspired by Verne’s novel, most notably Michael Todd’s 1956 version starring David Niven, which won an Academy Award for best picture and included cameos by Noël Coward, Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra and Buster Keaton, among others. 2 on PBS’s “Masterpiece.” (In Britain, it debuted on Dec. ![]() The eight-part “Around the World,” a zippy take on the Verne story, will premiere on Jan. Ten months later, the finishing tape is behind them. “It feels very special that we made it back and the finishing tape is in sight.” “I was packing my suitcase for Cape Town when South Africa announced a lockdown, and they said, ‘Stand down,’” Tennant recalled. It was February 2021, and it was Tennant’s last day in Cape Town, where he and the rest of the cast of “Around the World” had gathered to complete filming, almost a year after the pandemic had put a stop to production. “An appropriate setting!” he said, alluding to the colonial era architecture and his role in “Around the World in 80 Days,” a new television series based on the 1872 novel by Jules Verne. CAPE TOWN, South Africa - David Tennant, sitting in a wicker chair in the large, empty garden of a grand hotel here, gestured at its pink pillared veranda. ![]()
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