Treasure Island Episode 1 Recap: Why Is Long John Silver After Jim and Bess?

A new Treasure Island is lost at sea

Treasure Island, the 1883 boy’s adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, is in the public domain. This means anyone can do pretty much whatever they want with it, without having to worry about paying for the rights. That’s important information to have going into MGM+’s new six-episode adaptation. It’s impossible to say for sure if “free” was a factor in the decision making process that led to this turgid, intermittently inspired slog, but it …

‘Treasure Island’ Episode 1 Recap And Review: A Mixed Start To MGM’s Pirate Adventure

The new Treasure Island adaptation starring David Oyelowo and Hayley Atwell has a lot going for it but some big changes to the classic adventure have me worried.

Treasure Island Episode 1 Recap: Why Is Long John Silver After Jim and Bess?

MGM+’s Treasure Island is a six-part adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, created for television by Robert Murphy, and it arrives promising something closer to the book’s real darkness than most screen versions manage. Tom Sweet plays Jim Hawkins, with Hayley Atwell as his mother Bess, the pair of them running the Admiral Benbow Inn […] This post belongs to FandomWire and first appeared on FandomWire

Treasure Island - Season 1 - Open Discussion + Poll

Season 1 of Treasure Island has started airing on MGM+. Let us know your thoughts as the season progresses in the comments below and vote in the poll. NOTE: People will be posting their thoughts/reactions to the season as a whole, so there will be spoilers in the comments. We advise you not to read the comments until you have watched the latest available episode. NOTE: You can change your vote as the season progresses. POLL : What did you think …