Von der Leyen
According to foreign media, Von der Leyen will direct the new version of "The Count of Monte Cristo" (provisional translation) and co-produce with Jack Houston as executive producer. Based on the classic novel of Alexandre Dumas, starring and written by Jack Huston (Empire of the Atlantic), the film tells the story of Nicholas Christo (Jack Houston), a framed, betrayed, and imprisoned man who struggles to bring justice to a world that is more cruel and corrupt than the one he has been taken away.
Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo has been remade into a film several times since its release. It is reported that the new version of the story will be set in Asia and the United States, which is also the second time that Von der Len has directed a new work in the United States after the series "Five Elements Assassin". In 2019, he became the first Chinese director to independently direct a Netflix American drama by directing the martial arts drama "The Five Elements Assassin". Previously, the American drama "Wasteland", directed and supervised by Von der Leyen, won the first place in the ratings of the new drama of the season.
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