In Verne’s 1872 story, wealthy Victorian eccentric Phileas Fogg wagers he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. Fogg is accompanied on the daunting journey by his quick-thinking valet ...

but that's exactly the premise of the Oscar-winning film Around the World in 80 Days 1956. The movie follows Englishman ...

Upscale line Oceania Cruises today announced plans for one of the longest around-the-world voyages in the history of the industry. At 180 days, or about six months, the epic sailing on the 684 ...

David Tennant stars as literature’s greatest explorer Phileas Fogg in a thrilling new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS. (Air date to be ...

This post has been updated. The new series Around the World in 80 Days, starring David Tennant, premiered on the BBC in the U.K. on December 26, and will be shown on Masterpiece for PBS in the U.S ...

What seems like a not-necessary idea actually turns into a pretty good one with “Around the World in Eighty Days,” adapting Jules Verne’s novel into an eight-episode Masterpiece series ...

Around the World in 80 Days. If that seems like lightning speed for a scooter powered by an under-200cc engine, well, it is. While he used aircraft to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...

“An appropriate setting!” he said, alluding to the colonial era architecture and his role in “Around the World in 80 Days,” a new television series based on the 1872 novel by Jules Vern ...

Around the World in 80 Days, the fanciful tale that combined a globe-spanning adventure with weighty sociopolitical commentary, was one of Jules Verne's finest novellas. Around the World in 80 ...

By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic I get why it might be hard for contemporary audiences to relate to Jules Verne’s 1873 novel Around the World in 80 Days, a saga of wealthy individuals ...

I love Jackie Chan despite his recent flops and so was pretty excited when I heard he’d be taking a smaller, side-kick role in the new version of Around the World in 80 Days. It sounded like a ...

Mike Todd’s gone and done it! His first production, “Around the World In 80 Days,” lensed in the Todd-AO process, is a smasheroo from start to finish.He has brought the vintage Jules Verne ...