A new Count of Monte Cristo movie is in the works, as Deadline today reports that Warner Bros. and Safehouse Pictures have set The Signal director William Eubank to helm a contemporary take on the Alexandre Dumas tale.
Title Count, the new Count of Monte Cristo movie will be set against the backdrop of a modern criminal underworld.
There have been quite a few Count of Monte Cristo movies over the years with the earliest, a silent version titled simply Monte Cristo, dating back to 1922.