Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel The Buccaneers is getting a TV treatment, and its cast includes some of the biggest rising stars in Hollywood. Kristine Froseth and Alisha Boe are set to lead this promising eight-episode series on Apple TV+.
According to its official logline, The Buccaneers centers on “a group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition.”
Froseth (Looking for Alaska) will take on the role of Nan St. George, while Boe (13 Reasons Why) will play Conchita Closson. The cast will also include Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club), Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost), and Mia Threapleton (Shadows).
The Buccaneers is one of Wharton’s least adapted works, and it was only turned into a BBC mini-series in 1995, starring Carla Gugino and Greg Wise. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is the mastermind behind some of the most iconic novels taking place during the Gilded Age, including The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, and Ethan Frome, which have all been adapted for the big screen.
The Buccaneers is in production in Scotland, with Katherine Jakeways serving as series creator, and Susanna White coming on board to direct.
