Upcoming Movies & TV Shows

Frock Flicks in the Works

Historical costume movies and TV series premiering soon or in production that we’ve heard about. Yes, the dates are U.S.-centric, that’s how we roll.
TitleDescriptionCostume DesignerDate
Nouvelle VagueFollows the production of Jean-Luc Godards' film 'Breathless' in 1960.October 31, 2025
Robin HoodTV series about the iconic medieval figure.Bea MerkovitsNovember 2, 2025, on MGM+
Death by LightningMiniseries about the assassination of 20th U.S. President James Garfield.Michael WilkinsonNovember 6, 2025, on Netflix
FrankensteinWriter/director Guillermo del Toro's version of Mary Shelley's classic tale.Kate HawleyNovember 7, 2025, on Netflix
NurembergA WWII psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials.Bartholomew CarissNovember 7, 2025
Sarah's OilAn African American girl in the early 1900s believes there's oil under her land.Michael T. BoydNovember 7, 2025
The SeductionA Dangerous Liaisons prequel following the rise to power of the young Isabelle de Merteuil.November 14, 2025, on HBO Max
HamnetWilliam Shakespeare's wife deals with the loss of her son, Hamnet.Malgosia TurzanskaDecember 12, 2025
The ChoralA choral society's members enlist in WWI, & teen boys to take their place.Jenny BeavanDecember 25, 2025
Marty SupremeFilm about a professional table tennis player in the 1940s, starring Timothée Chalamet.Miyako BellizziDecember 25, 2025
DuseThe Italian stage diva Eleonora Duse, through the latter part of her life when her career is over.Ursula Patzak2025
Jean ValjeanAdaptation of the first 100 pages of Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables.'Madeline Fontaine2025
King and ConquerorSeries about William of Normandy & Harold of Wessex meeting at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.Margrét Einarsdóttir2025 on Amazon
Néro the AssassinAn adventure series set in 1504 Southern France.Pierre Canitrot2025 on Netflix
Wuthering HeightsAnother big-screen version of Emily Bronte's novel.Jacqueline DurranFebruary 13, 2026
The BrideIn 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion.Sandy PowellMarch 6, 2026
The OdysseyDirector Christopher Nolan's take on the Greek classic.Ellen MirojnickJuly 17, 2026
The Count of Monte CristoTV series based on the Dumas novel.Ursula Patzak2026 on PBS
The Death of Robin HoodHugh Jackman stars as Robin Hood grappling with his past life of crime.Lorna Marie Mugan2026
The Forsyte SagaSeries based on John Galsworthy's novels & set in 1880s London.Nic Ede2026 on PBS
Furcy, né libreThe true story of Furcy, a slave in a French colony who achieves legal emancipation.2026
HersheyBiopic of Milton & Kitty Hershey, who founded the chocolate company in the 19th century.Katie Irish2026
Les MisérablesA new adaptation of Victor Hugo's famous novel.Pierre-Jean Larroque2026
The Age of InnocenceTV remake of the Edith Wharton novel set in the 1870s.Netflix
AmadeusA TV reimagining of the Mozart / Salieri story from Peter Shaffer’s play.Lisa Duncan
The Bitter EndMovie about Wallis Simpson's final years, starring Joan Collins.Charlotte Law
La Casa de los EspíritusA TV adaption of Isabel Allende's novel about a Chilean family over the course of a century.Amazon
The Detection ClubIn 1930s London, crime writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, & G.K. Chesterton solve real murders.BritBox
Ena. La reina Victoria EugeniaMiniseries about Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain in the early 20th century.Zulma Velázquez
Fackham HallA parody of Downton Abbey-type period dramas with a murder-mystery thrown in.
FeverBiopic of singer Peggy Lee, starting with her first #1 single in 1942.Sandy Powell
FoolsDuring Mary Tudor's reign, a cardinal vies for power, but the jester Jane Foole gets in his way.
The IdiotsA woman saves the life of writer Fyodor Dostoevsky & founds her own publishing house.
The Immortal ManThe Peaky Blinders movie.Alison McCosh
Iron RibbonFilm about Stanislawa Uminska, a Polish actress on trial in the 1920s for a sensational criminal case.Dinah Collin
L'InvernoWWII romance involving a Jewish violinist & a SS officer.Gabriella Pescucci
Jehanne d'ArcDirector
Baz Luhrmann takes on the historical Joan of Arc.
Last Samurai StandingSet in 1878, where samurais gather for a battle royale. TV series based on a novel by Shogo Imamura.Masae MiyamotoNetflix
Late in SummerWWII romance involving a farmer's wife & a Black American GI. Jenny Beavan
The Legend of Van DornA Civil War drama.Christian Micheal Shuster
Little House on the PrairieNew TV series based on the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.Mitchell TraversNetflix
LongbournThe lives of the servants of Longbourn House, home to the Bennet family of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice.'
LuciaMovie about James Joyce's daughter Lucia, a dancer in 1920s Paris.
MadfabulousIndie film about flamboyant & rebellious 19th-c. Lord Paget.Francisco Rodriguez-Weil
MaramaA Maori gothic revenge horror story set in 1859 England.Sarah Voon
Monstrous BeautyA woman born with a rare condition becomes a playwright at King Charles II's court.Annie Symons
Mozart MozartGerman series imagines what if Maria Anna Mozart secretly wrote some of her brother's work.Daiva Petrulyte
The Other Bennet SisterA miniseries about Mary Bennet.BritBox
The PeasantDev Patel as a 14th-c. shepherd seeking revenge against those who ravaged his community.
Pride and PrejudiceA new TV miniseries adaption of the Jane Austen story.Netflix
PrimaveraA talented violinist in an orphanage meets Vivaldi, who becomes her teacher.Maria Rita Barbera
SeacoleLIfe of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who sought to work with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War.Luminita Lungu
Sense and SensibilityA big-screen remake of the Jane Austen classic.Grace Snell
The Seven Dials MysteryAnother TV version of Agatha Christie's 1925 country house murder-mystery.Amy RobertsNetflix
Sherlock Holmes vs. FrankensteinA horror-mystery tale set in 1898.Pierre-Jean Larroque
Steal AwayFounding of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, an HBCU choir, in the 1870s.
A Tale of Two CitiesTV miniseries of Charles Dickens' classic.MGM+
Van GoghBiopic of the artist Vincent Van Gogh.
Vienna GameTV series about the 1814 Congress of Vienna diplomatic meeting.Elisabeth Binder-Neururer
Virginia Woolf's Night & DayBased on the 1910s novel where an astronomer is determined to avoid love & marriage.Esther Walz
Young SherlockTV series about a 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes solving mysteries at Oxford.Jany TemimeAmazon