Back in 1992, Daniel Day-Lewis starred in a feature film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s historical novel, The Last of the Mohicans. And now a new adaptation may be on the way.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, FX is developing “The Last of the Mohicans” as a TV miniseries, with one of the co-writers of the 1992 version, Chris Crowe attached to executive produce and co-write the script with Kerry McCluggage and Stephen Beck.
FX description of the project calls it “the story of America’s beginnings as a nation as told through the eyes of Cooper’s classic characters from the historical novel The Last of the Mohicans.” Cooper’s book was originally published in 1826 and his story has been adapted as a film six times, in addition to a “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans” TV series in 1957 and a TV movie in 1977.
If “The Last of the Mohicans” goes forward at FX, it would join the recently ordered “Fargo” miniseries which is expected to premiere next year. FX is also developing several new miniseries, including “Conquistadors,” based on the book “Last Days of the Incas;” an adaptation of J.R. Moehringer’s novel, “Sutton;” a Vietnam drama called “They Marched Into Sunlight” and Shawn Ryan’s remake of the British series, “Mad Dogs.”
