New cast photos for anticipated reboot The Forsytes have been unveiled alongside a release window.
The new London-set period drama features Doctor Who's Millie Gibson, and is adapted from John Galsworthy's novels focused on the wealthy Forsyte family.
It has now been confirmed that the Channel 5 series will premiere this autumn, and following a previous look at Gibson in character as Irene Heron, a new look at some of the other stars have been released alongside fresh looks at Gibson and Joshua Orpin.
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They include True Blood's Stephen Moyer as Jolyon Forsyte Sr, The Morning Show's Jack Davenport as James Forsyte, Fate: The Winx Saga's Danny Griffin as Jo Forsyte Jr, Downton Abbey: A New Era's Tuppence Middleton as Frances Forsyte and One Day's Eleanor Tomlinson as Louisa Byrne.
Viewers previously saw Galsworthy's works adapted into ITV series The Forsyte Saga in the early 2000s, which featured Damian Lewis and Gina McKee and drew critical praise.
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The reboot follows the family, who are "sticklers for tradition and status", with the older Forsytes prizing "duty and reputation above all else" as their younger counterparts "rail against the rigidity of family expectations".
"The question of who will take over the family firm puts Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon in conflict just as their lives are turned upside down by the arrival of two remarkable women," the synopsis adds.
"Ultimately, each Forsyte family member grapples with the same dilemma – is it better to be ruled by the head or the heart?"
While The Forsytes is yet to air, it has already been renewed for a second season, which has also begun filming, and Richard Rankin, Sarah Alexander and Nia Ashi have been added to the cast.
The Forsytes will air on Channel 5 this autumn.
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