Michael Douglas will be Benjamin Franklin in his new Apple TV+ historical series

Michael Douglas will play US President Benjamin Franklin New series on Apple TV +. The award-winning American actor will be the protagonist and executive producer of the series, as we will follow in the footsteps of the founding father during his diplomatic mission in France at the height of the Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies (1775). -1783). This will be the second time that Douglas plays the historical character, after appearing in the series Freedom: A History of the United States.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America written by Stacy Chefthe still untitled series will tell the story of one of Benjamin Franklin’s greatest political accomplishments when, at the age of 70, and without diplomatic training, he was able to convince the absolutist monarchy of France to fund the democratic experiment from the United States.

With his fame, charisma, and ingenuity, the protagonist manages to evade British and French spies along with all kinds of enemies, all the while forging an unimaginable alliance with the French nation in 1778 and signing peace with England soon after, in 1783. Action was necessary and he became a player Without it, the United States would not have achieved its independence.

Emmy Award Winner Kirk Ellis (John Adams) Responsible for award-winning novel adaptation, screenwriting and award-winning Tim Van Patten (boardwalk empire, soprano) will direct the loops. The pair will also run the production alongside Michael Douglas, Richard Blair of Eden Productions, Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures, and Mark Mustaine. ITV Studios America and Apple Studios will also be involved in the production work.

Michael Douglas currently has another historical series project in which he will play another icon of American politics, Ronald Reagan. It will be in a Paramount production series that is still homeless, and it will take us to the historic Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland in 1986, focusing on the weekend that marked a turning point in the Cold War. Christopher Waltz He will be the one who will play Mikhail Gorbachev.

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