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.Title | Description | Costume Designer | Date |
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The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | "Dick is a really famous robber, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship, and great hair." | Richard Cooke | March 1, 2024, on Apple TV |
Cabrini | Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini works to help orphaned children in 19th-c. New York. | Alisha Silverstein | March 8, 2024 |
Manhunt | Miniseries following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | Katie Irish | March 15, 2024, on Apple TV |
Palm Royale | TV series about a woman breaking into Palm Beach high society of the 1960s. | Alix Friedberg | March 20, 2024, on Apple TV |
Renegade Nell | Miniseries about a female bandit during the reign of Queen Anne of England. | Tom Pye | March 29, 2024, on Disney+ |
Wicked Little Letters | A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark, absurd scandal. | Charlotte Walter | March 29, 2024 |
A Gentleman in Moscow | Miniseries follows a Russian aristocrat during the Bolshevik Revolution. | Sam Perry | March 31, 2024, on Showtime |
Mary & George | Miniseries about the Countess of Buckingham who molded her son to seduce King James I. | Annie Symons | April 5, 2024, on Starz |
Franklin | Miniseries about Ben Franklin & the Franco-American alliance of 1778. | Olivier Bériot | April 12, 2024, on Apple TV |
Interview with the Vampire | Season 2 of the TV adaption of Anne Rice's series heads into the 1930s and World War II. | Carol Cutshall | May 12, 2024, on AMC |
Bridgerton | Season 3 of the Regency romance focuses on Penelope Featherington & Colin Bridgerton. | May 16, 2024, on Netflix | |
Young Woman and the Sea | Story of Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. | Gabriele Binder | May 31, 2024 |
Firebrand | A film about Queen Catherine Parr and Henry VIII's marriage. | Michael O'Connor | June 21, 2024 |
Lee | Kate Winslet stars as war correspondent & photographer Lee Miller during World War II. | Michael O'Connor | September 20, 2024 |
Nosferatu | "A gothic tale of obsession between a young woman in 19th century Germany and the Transylvanian vampire who stalks her." | Linda Muir | December 25, 2024 |
The Piano Lesson | Based on the August Wilson play set in the 1930s, a family decides what to do with an heirloom. | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | 2024 on Netflix |
Seize Them! | A comedy set in Dark Age Britain. | Caroline Harris | 2024 |
Shardlake | Sean Bean as Thomas Cromwell in a miniseries about the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era. | Bartholomew Cariss | 2024 on Disney+ |
Widow Clicquot | Drama about the the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century. | Marie Frémont | 2024 |
Sherlock & Daughter | Yet another twist on the Sherlock Holmes story, starring David Thewlis as the detective. | 2025 on The CW | |
Carême | TV series about chef Antoine Carême, who cooked for Napoleon, Tsar Alexander, & the Rothschilds | Apple TV | |
Chief of War | From the indigenous point of view, this TV series tells the story of the unification and colonization of Hawaii in the 18th century. | Caroline Eselin | Apple TV |
The Count of Monte Cristo | A new French/Italian TV version of the Dumas classic. | Ursula Patzak | |
The Decameron | Series set in 1348 during the Black Death. | Gabriella Pescucci & Uliva Pizzetti | Netflix |
Le Déluge | Follows the last days of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette before they were executed. | Massimo Cantini Parrini | |
Fools | During Mary Tudor's reign, a cardinal vies for power, but the jester Jane Foole stands in his way. | ||
King and Conqueror | William of Normandy & Harold of Wessex meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. | ||
The Leopard | TV series based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about Italian unification in the 1860s. | Carlo Poggioli & Edoardo Russo | Netflix |
Longbourn | The lives of the servants of Longbourn House, home to the Bennet family of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice.' | ||
Monstrous Beauty | A woman born with a rare condition becomes a playwright at King Charles II's court. | Annie Symons | |
My Lady Jane | Comedy series about Lady Jane Grey, based on a series of YA historical fiction novels. | Stephanie Collie | Amazon |
One Hundred Years of Solitude | A TV adaptation of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's novel that traces seven generations of a Columbian family. | Netflix | |
Outlander: Blood of My Blood | Prequel series focusing on Jamie Fraser's parents. | Starz | |
Seacole | The story of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who sought to work with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War. | Luminita Lungu | |
Timestalker | "The hapless Agnes is reincarnated every time she makes the same mistake: falling in love with the wrong man." | Rebecca Gore | |
Winter Palace | Series about a Swiss luxury hotel in 1899. | Netflix | |
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light | Continuation Thomas Cromwell's life during his last four years, based on the Hilary Mantel trilogy. | PBS |