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Regé-Jean Page To Star And Produce New ‘Count Of Monte Cristo’ Movie For Department M


Rege-Jean Page to star and produce 'Count of Monte Cristo' Movie for Deparment M

The original classic novel was penned by Alexandre Dumas and follows a young sailor falsely accused of treason, who, after years of imprisonment, escapes and seeks revenge against those who wronged him, ultimately becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Nomaintaed for an Emmy, as well as two Screen Actos Guild Awards, for his lead role in the smash hit of Season 1 of Bridgerton, Page stars alongside Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Steven Soderbergh’s film Black Bag which Focus and Universal Pictures opened this past weekend. Department M additional upcoming films include Blood On Snow, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by Emmy winner Cary Joji Fukunaga, and adapted by Tony Award winner Ben Power from the crime-thriller novel by Jo Nesbø, whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide; and The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, from highly acclaimed Mexican writer-director Michelle Garza Cervera, remade from the classic 1992 thriller.

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