March 3 (UPI) — Selma actor David Oyelowo and Avengers alum Hayley Atwell have signed on to star in a new Treasure Island series for MGM+
Production is currently underway with Oyelowo playing Long John Silver and Atwell as Bess Hawkins.
The cast will also include Jack Huston, Tomer Capone and Tom Sweet.
The series is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic 18th-century pirate adventure.
“When Jim gets his hands on a legendary treasure map, his mother Bess’s clever and decisive actions leave him holding valuable knowledge that puts both of their lives in danger,” a synopsis said.
“Sailing aboard The Hispaniola, Jim and Bess are caught between the charming, terrifying pirate Long John Silver, and the debonair, duplicitous British agent Aaron Graham. Jim must grow up fast as he and his mother fight for survival on a voyage where alliances shift, secrets multiply and peril closes in from all sides,” the description continued.
“Set across the Atlantic, in a Caribbean on the brink of revolution and on the terrifying Skeleton Island, the series tracks Jim as he confronts a world far more complex and dangerous than he ever imagined, where resilience, loyalty and identity are tested — and fortune is the prize.”
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