The new series Great Expectations will debut on FX on Hulu on March 26.
The coming-of-age story of Pip (Fionn Whitehead and Tom Sweet as Young Pip) an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric “Miss Havisham” shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be.
A damning critique of the class system, Dickens’ novel was published in 1861 after first releasing it in a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860.
The series also stars Olivia Colman [among others].
Here is a trailer for Great Expectations:
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