The last time Michael Douglas and Richard Plepler teamed up for a TV biopic, they spurned convention and produced a classic. Their latest, a listless history lesson on Benjamin Franklin's French ...

Michael Douglas has won Oscars for both acting ... writer and America's first diplomat Benjamin Franklin who spent time in France from 1776 to 1778 seeking the country's support for American ...

The making of ‘Franklin’: Michael Douglas on his role as Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+ show. Michael Douglas, the two-time Oscar winner and veteran Hollywood actor, is taking on a new ...

The 80-year-old Oscar winner last appeared as Benjamin Franklin in the 'Franklin' mini-seriesMichael Douglas says he's ...

Ready to see Michael Douglas with a whole new look? The prolific actor, and the husband of Catherine Zeta-Jones, is set to star as Benjamin Franklin for a brand new show on Apple TV+, and we ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning actor's first period drama. Douglas, 79, who famously proclaimed "Greed is Good" in his ...

A new Apple TV+ series dramatizes the years Benjamin Franklin spent in France ... Based on Schiff’s book and filmed in France, it stars Michael Douglas, in his first period picture, as the ...

Michael Douglas executive produces and plays the title role in Franklin, an upcoming eight-episode limited series from Apple TV+. Douglas portrays American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin who ...

He looks more like Michael Douglas than someone trying to imitate Benjamin Franklin. Rather than experiencing “eight hours of the full Ben Franklin covering up Michael,” Douglas says ...

Douglas is at his best (and most accurate) when Franklin has to be prickly rather than avuncular. Don't miss this: Michael Douglas on Playing Benjamin Franklin: ‘I Just Wanted to See How I Looked in ...

The 78-year-old actor is portraying one of the Founding Fathers of the United States in an upcoming, historic limited series. Michael Douglas has truly transformed for his upcoming role as ...