Overview
- The production released first-look photos Tuesday, showing Kit Harington as Sydney Carton with François Civil as Charles Darnay and Mirren Mack as Lucie Manette.
- The limited series runs four episodes and comes from writer-creator Daniel West with direction by Richard Clark.
- MGM+ will premiere the show in the U.S. with the BBC carrying it in the U.K., and the producers have not announced an exact air date for 2026.
- The official synopsis sets the story in 1782 London with Lucie receiving news her father may be alive, a treason charge for messenger Charles Darnay, and a complicated pull toward lawyer Sydney Carton.
- Federation Stories produces with Federation Studio France and Thriker Films, with executive producers including Polly Williams, Sarah Best, Léo Becker, Kit Harington, and Daniel West, while outlets frame the tone as a twisting period thriller centered on a volatile love triangle.