Frock Flicks in the Works
Historical costume movies and TV series premiering soon or in production that we’ve heard about. Yes, the dates are U.S.-centric, that’s how we roll.| Title | Description | Costume Designer | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agatha Christie's Seven Dials | Another TV version of Agatha Christie's 1925 country house murder-mystery. | Amy Roberts | January 15, 2026, on Netflix |
| Dracula | Another big-screen version of Bram Stoker's tale. | Corinne Bruand | February 6, 2026 |
| Wuthering Heights | Another big-screen version of Emily Bronte's novel. | Jacqueline Durran | February 13, 2026 |
| Young Sherlock | TV series about a 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes solving mysteries at Oxford. | Jany Temime | March 4, 2026, on Amazon |
| The Bride | In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. | Sandy Powell | March 6, 2026 |
| Outlander | The epic TV series about a time-traveling 1940s nurse & her 18th-c. Scots lover finally concludes! | Nadine Powell | March 6, 2026, on Starz |
| Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man | Tommy Shelby returns to a bombed Birmingham during World War II in this film version of the TV show. | Alison McCosh | March 20, 2026, on Netflix |
| The Forsyte Saga | Series inspired by John Galsworthy's novels & set in 1880s London. | Nic Ede | March 22, 2026, on PBS |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | TV series based on the Dumas novel. | Ursula Patzak | March 22, 2026, on PBS |
| The Odyssey | Director Christopher Nolan's take on the Greek classic. | Ellen Mirojnick | July 17, 2026 |
| Sense and Sensibility | A big-screen remake of the Jane Austen classic. | Grace Snell | September 11, 2026 |
| Les Misérables | A new adaptation of Victor Hugo's famous novel. | Pierre-Jean Larroque | 2026 |
| The Age of Innocence | TV remake of the Edith Wharton novel set in the 1870s. | Netflix | |
| La Casa de los EspÃritus | A TV adaption of Isabel Allende's novel about a Chilean family over the course of a century. | Amazon | |
| The Death of Robin Hood | Hugh Jackman stars as Robin Hood grappling with his past life of crime. | Lorna Marie Mugan | |
| The Detection Club | In 1930s London, crime writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, & G.K. Chesterton solve real murders. | BritBox | |
| The Duchess and I | Movie about Wallis Simpson's final years, starring Joan Collins. | Charlotte Law & Sandy Powell | |
| Fever | Biopic of singer Peggy Lee, starting with her first #1 single in 1942. | Sandy Powell | |
| Furcy, né libre | The true story of Furcy, a slave in a French colony who achieves legal emancipation. | Marie-Laure Lasson | |
| Hershey | Biopic of Milton & Kitty Hershey, who founded the chocolate company in the 19th century. | Katie Irish | |
| The Idiots | A woman saves the life of writer Fyodor Dostoevsky & founds her own publishing house. | ||
| Iron Ribbon | Film about Stanislawa Uminska, a Polish actress on trial in the 1920s for a sensational criminal case. | Dinah Collin | |
| L'Inverno | WWII romance involving a Jewish violinist & a SS officer. | Gabriella Pescucci | |
| Jehanne d'Arc | Director Baz Luhrmann takes on the historical Joan of Arc. | ||
| Late in Summer | WWII romance involving a farmer's wife & a Black American GI. | Jenny Beavan | |
| Little House on the Prairie | New TV series based on the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. | Mitchell Travers | Netflix |
| Longbourn | The lives of the servants of Longbourn House, home to the Bennet family of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice.' | ||
| Lucia | Movie about James Joyce's daughter Lucia, a dancer in 1920s Paris. | ||
| Madfabulous | Indie film about flamboyant & rebellious 19th-c. Lord Paget. | Francisco Rodriguez-Weil | |
| Monstrous Beauty | A woman born with a rare condition becomes a playwright at King Charles II's court. | Annie Symons | |
| The Other Bennet Sister | A miniseries about Mary Bennet. | BritBox | |
| Pride and Prejudice | A new TV miniseries adaption of the Jane Austen story. | Charlotte Walter | Netflix |
| A Tale of Two Cities | TV miniseries of Charles Dickens' classic. | Nina Ayres | MGM+ |
| Vienna Game | TV series about the 1814 Congress of Vienna diplomatic meeting. | Elisabeth Binder-Neururer | |
| Virginia Woolf's Night & Day | Based on the 1910s novel where an astronomer is determined to avoid love & marriage. | Esther Walz |
