Disney+: Harry Potter and Game of Thrones stars team up for Oliver Twist sequel

This Wednesday, January 17, Disney+ is unveiling a new original series straight from Australia. Titled The Fox: Prince of Thieves, it is presented as a continuation of the famous story dedicated to Oliver Twist. However, the hero of Charles Dickens is not at the heart of this untold story, but Jack Dawkins, nicknamed The Fox, the leader of a group of thieves who took the orphan as his wing in London.

However, as fans of the original work will surely know, in the novel Jack is imprisoned after stealing a simple silver box and sentenced to join a penal camp in Australia. And indeed now installed in the famous British colony we find ourselves in at the start of the series in the 1850s, an unexpected situation to say the least…

The Prince of Thieves is back at work

Jack Dawkins, played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones, Labyrinth), actually left his everyday life as a pickpocket to become a surgeon, a field in which he excelled thanks to his quickness acquired through the practice of thievery. on the way. However, the young man did not lose his playful character and increased interest in betting, which caused him serious financial problems.

An encounter with someone important from his past then disrupts his new career and reminds him that it’s very difficult to turn your back on old habits. Thus, he finds himself face to face with Fagin, another essential character in Dickens’ work, who is saved from hanging at the last minute.

In addition to this unexpected encounter with the man he has long considered his father, Jack also meets Lady Belle, the governor’s daughter. The latter, due to social pressure, is forced to find a future husband, while she prefers to devote all her free time to studying medicine.

If at first glance, it seems that two young people will not get along, a common passion for surgery quickly connects them. Especially when Lady Belle asks to be trained by Jack to become the first female surgeon.

With a completely irreverent tone and the rhythm of a rock and roll soundtrack, eight episodes of The Fox: Prince of Thieves invite us to follow risky operations and other events that disrupt Jack’s daily life. the past

Thomas Brodie-Sangster is joined on screen by an unrecognizable David Thewlis as Fagin and Maya Mitchell (The Fosters, Good Trouble) as the sassy Lady Belle. The shocking trio that carry this twist-filled story are James McNamara, Andrew Knight, Vivienne Walsh and Daniel Knight!

All episodes of The Fox: Prince of Thieves are available on Disney+.