Lifetime, A&E and History are taking on Tolstoy with a six-part miniseries based on the Russian novelist’s 1869 classic “War and Peace.” “Downton Abbey” darling Lily James leads the cast ...

The BBC's latest version, more than four decades on, has enlisted Lily James, Andrew Davies and a cast of hundreds to convince a new generation that War and Peace is for them in just six hours.

Lily James is trading in 20th-century England for 1800s Russia. The Downton Abbey actress will lead the cast of the six-part War and Peace miniseries, premiering in 2016 on Lifetime, A&E and History.

But War and Peace condenses the novel by focusing on three characters: Pierre (Paul Dano), Natasha (Lily James), and Andrei (James Norton). “What [writer Andrew Davies] has done brilliantly is ...

‘War and Peace’ fans will be settling down ... there seems plenty of drama left to unfold. Actor James Norton tells HuffPostUK he and Lily were walking on air themselves during the filming ...

NEW YORK — Many people find the idea of reading Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" to be daunting, but not Lily James. When she was cast as Natasha in a miniseries based on the novel, she was working ...

Described as one of the most ambitious event series ever made for the BBC, War And Peace features a big-name cast led by Cinderella and Downton Abbey star Lily James as the romantic and impulsive ...

The actress was seen enjoying champagne alongside VIPs such as model Barbara Meier, 31, and entrepreneur Klemens Hallmann, 42 WAR And Peace star Lily James hasn’t looked this opulent since her ...

will next star in BBC One’s War And Peace as Natasha Rostova. Lily James as Cinderella (Jonathan Olley/Disney) But she admitted she is looking for a more modern part, saying: “I just want to ...

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Lily James said she has been ‘bewitched’ by ... she has to promote the BBC-Weinstein Company production of War And Peace, in which she plays Natasha Rostova. And then she has to scoot off ...

Lily James is Leo Tolstoy's wilful, happy-go-lucky heroine Natasha in the first trailer for the BBC's upcoming adaptation of War and Peace. It also introduces us to Paul Dano's character ...