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Netflix’s Remake of Beloved Martin Scorsese Movie Gets Stunning First Look, Camila Morrone Stars

The eight-episode series adds explicit sex, new subplots and a broader focus on May and Ellen, showrunner Emma Frost said.

  • On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled images from its eight-episode adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, The Age of Innocence, arriving February 18, 2027.
  • Moving beyond Newland Archer's single perspective, showrunner Emma Frost reimagined the story to give May Welland and Countess Ellen Olenska equal weight as complex, flesh-and-blood women.
  • Frost incorporated 'explicit sexual content' after discovering Wharton wrote two alternate endings inspired by her affair with journalist William Morton Fullerton, noting these scenes will cause 'some pearl clutching.'
  • English actor Ben Radcliffe stars as Newland, alongside Kristine Froseth as May and Camila Morrone as Ellen, with Frost prioritizing atmosphere over strict historical accuracy.
  • The adaptation draws from Wharton's personal history, including her marriage to Edward Robbins Wharton, with archival research on the author's unpublished works informing the series' mature themes.
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