“Playground has an eminent reputation for bringing award-winning and striking series to international audiences, and we look forward creating a fresh and distinctive adaptation that will appeal to Maigret’s existing fans as well as new ones.”Ĭasting for the new Jules Maigret will be revealed in due course. Tim Gerhartz from Red Arrow Studios International added: “As one of the most recognised and celebrated detective novel collections of all time, it’s a privilege to collaborate with Playground and GSL on developing the iconic Jules Maigret character for television, and portraying the romantic yet gritty world of Paris he inhabits. Playground are the makers of acclaimed shows like All Creatures Great and Small, Wolf Hall, Howards End, and Little Women. Scott Huff and David Stern, Playground’s joint Managing Directors, commented: “Georges Simenon was one of the most prolific crime authors of the twentieth century and his seminal creation, Inspector Maigret, remains one of literature’s greatest detectives.” The character was previously played by Harry Potter actor Michael Gambon for two seasons on ITV in the early ’90s.Īuthor Georges Simenon had written 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring the character by the time of his death in 1989.Ĭolin Callender’s production company Playground is developing a brand new English-language adaptation of Simenon’s novels, with plans for it to be a returning series. However, Atkinson’s Maigret series was cancelled by ITV in 2018. The four feature-length TV movies starred Rowan Atkinson ( Mr Bean, Blackadder) as legendary French fictional detective Jules Maigret. Georges Simenon’s classic books were most recently brought to life by ITV between 20. A new television adaptation of Maigret has been announced!
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