Regé-Jean Page to Lead New ‘Count of Monte Cristo’ Movie

Page will also produce the new movie alongside his partner Emily Brown through their A Mighty Stranger company.

Rege-Jean Page in 'The Gray Man.' Photo: Paul Abell/Netflix © 2022.

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‘Bridgerton’ breakout Regé-Jean Page will star in a new movie based on ‘The Count of Monte Cristo.’
It’s the latest adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel.
Page plays a man who seeks revenge against those who wronged him.

Having broken out impressively playing Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings in the first season of Regé-Jean Page has spent the last few years securing some interesting ing work and a few leading roles.

And, like many of his peers, he’s also turned his hand to producing movies and TV shows, looking to keep his schedule busy with roles he chooses and develops.

He formed production company A Mighty Stranger with business partner Emily Brown, and the pair are now, via Deadline, setting up a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel ‘The Count of Monte Cristo.’

It’s all coming together via independent production studio Department M, overseen by producers Michael Schaefer, who are developing the movie with Page and Brown.

What’s the story of The Count of Monte Cristo’?

Guy Pearce in 2002's 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.

Originally serialized from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of Dumas’ most popular works, along with ‘The Three Musketeers’ and ‘Man in the Iron Mask.’

The story takes place in , Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis Philippe I.

Before he can marry his fiancée Mercédès, Edmond Dantès, a French nineteen-year-old first mate of the merchant ship Pharaon, is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a grim island fortress off Marseille.

A fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, correctly deduces that romantic rival Fernand Mondego, envious crewmate Danglars, and double-dealing magistrate De Villefort are responsible for his imprisonment.

Over the course of their long imprisonment, Faria educates Dantès and, knowing himself close to death, inspires him to retrieve for himself a cache of treasure Faria had discovered.

After Faria dies, Dantès escapes and finds the treasure. As the fabulously wealthy, powerful and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, he enters the fashionable Parisian world of the 1830s to avenge himself.

The Count of Monte Cristo

"This is not vengeance, this is justice."

NR2 hr 58 min Dec 20th, 2024

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Having long been considered a classic, the book has been adapted countless times before, including the most recent movie in Pierre Niney.

Yet to US audiences, the most famous version is likely the Guy Pearce, which was released by Touchstone.

Here’s what Page had to say about the new effort:

“Bold, adventurous storytelling with heart is the reason I got into this business, and is the backbone of everything we’re making. Working alongside incredible collaborators, A Mighty Stranger is building a slate of creative-led projects that will broaden the cultural lens through pure entertainment. That’s why we’re so excited to be bringing ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ to global audiences, unlocking the depths of Dumas’ work in ways not seen yet.”

Where else have I seen Regé-Jean Page?

(L to R) Regé-Jean Page as Col. James Stokes and Michael Fassbender as George Woodhouse in director Steven Soderbergh's 'Black Bag', a Focus Features release. Credit: Claudette Barius/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved.

Though he’d been working on stage and on screens big and small before ‘Bridgerton,’ it was his role in the Shondaland series that really brought him to major public attention and onto the list of filmmakers looking for leading men.

He was nominated for an Emmy as well as two Screen Actos Guild Awards for that role, and went on to appear in the likes of Paramount’s film ‘Chris Evans.

Other credits include another Emmys.

He’s been attached for a while to a new movie take on action series ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ series, for the Russos’ AGBO company, with Page in the Cassidy role.

Most recently, Page was seen alongside Black Bag’ which Focus and Universal Pictures put into theaters a couple of weeks ago.

Aside from the new ‘Monte Cristo,’ Department M has a couple of other titles on the way: ‘1992 thriller.

When will ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ be on screens?

With no distributor aboard just yet, we’ll have to wait and see when the new movie scores a release date.

(L to R) Justice Smith plays Simon, Chris Pine plays Edgin, Rege-Jean Page plays Xenk, Sophia Lillis plays Doric and Michelle Rodriguez plays Holga in 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' from Paramount Pictures and eOne.