Greystoke: Tarzan of the Apes

Greystoke: Tarzan of the Apes is a 2016 American ten part miniseries based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It aired from January 2nd to March 6th 2014

Plot
In 1886, Lord John Greystoke and his wife Alice are on their way to Africa, when the crew of their ships mutinies against their captain. They are abandoned along the West coast where Alice gives birth to a baby boy, however they both succumb to a combination of disease and dangerous animals. The child survives and is raised by by the gentle female ape, Kala.

The child grows into a man, whilst learning the laws of the jungle and takes the name Tarzan. Later an expedition comes to the jungle and with them Jane Porter, the first white woman Tarzan ever sees. They soon fall in love with each other

Humans

 * Nicolas Hoult as Tarzan - The main protagonist who was orphaned as a child and raised by a tribe of apes. He grew up learning the laws of the jungle and its inhabitants, eventually becomes the Lord of the Apes.
 * TBA as Infant Tarzan -
 * TBA as Tarzan aged 5 -
 * Jack Champion as Tarzan aged 12 -
 * Ivana Baquero as Jane Porter - A beautiful young woman from Baltimore, Maryland and the love interest of Tarzan. She came to Africa with her father as a part of a treasure seeking expedition, during which she met Tarzan -
 * Daniel Radcliff as Cecil Clayton - The cousin of Tarzan
 * Ian McShane as Archimedes Q. Porter - The father of Jane Porter and a respected professor from Baltimore, Maryland.
 * Guillaume Canet as Paul D'Arnot - A French navy lieutenant who becomes a good friend to Tarzan.
 * Jeremy Irons as Samuel T. Philander -
 * Peter Mullan as Robert Canler - A ruthless mobster
 * Hayden Christensen as Lord John Greystoke - The birth father of Tarzan and the husband of Lady Alice. He and Alice were marooned along the West African coast after the crew on their ship, the Fuwalda mutinied against their abusive captain. After being abandoned, John built a treehouse for them to live in and where Alice gave birth to their son.
 * Rachel Bilson as Lady Alice Greystoke - The birth mother of Tarzan and the wife of Lord John. In 1886, she and John were on their way to West Africa when the crew on their ship, the Fuwalda mutinied against their abusive captain. Shortly after building a treehouse, John was attacked by a large ape which Alice then shot, however this caused to go into shock which she never recovered from.
 * Forest Whitaker as Mbonga -
 * Jessie T. Usher as Kulonga -
 * TBA as Colonel Henry Williamson - A ruthless United States army colonel who becomes the main antagonist of the last four episodes of Greystoke.
 * Saginaw Grant as Chief Dancing Bear - The chief of the Wapiti Native American tribe who becomes a friend to Tarzan.
 * TBA as Eagle Wing - The headstrong son of Chief Dancing Bear.
 * Amber Midthunder as White Doe -
 * TBA as Edgar Rice Burroughs -

Mangani

 * Andy Serkis as Kerchak - The savage king of the Mangani and the main antagonist of the first three episodes. When Tarzan was a baby, he caused the death of Kala's own child and then later killed Lord John when the Mangani visited the Greystoke's treehouse.
 * Judy Greer as Kala - The mate of Tublat, the mother of Gazan and the adoptive mother of Tarzan. After the death of her baby following one of Kerchak's rages, Kala found Tarzan in his parents treehouse, she adopted and raised him as if he was her own.
 * TBA as Tublat - The mate of Kala, the father of Gazan and the adoptive father of Tarzan. Unlike Kala and Taug he despises Tarzan due to his hairless appearance
 * TBA and Terkoz - The son of Kerchak and a rival to Tarzan. After his father was killed by Tarzan, Terkoz attempted to take control of the Mangani, however Tarzan defeated him and the rest of the Mangani cast him out of the tribe.
 * TBA as Gazan - The son of Kala and Tublat and the adoptive brother of Tarzan.
 * TBA as Droopy Ears - A friend of Tarzan's during his childhood. One day whilst playing by the river, Sabor the lioness attacked them. Tarzan managed to escape by diving into the water, whilst Droopy Ears, being an ape couldn't swim, was tragically killed as a result.

African Animals

 * African Forest Elephant (Tantor) - Two Elephants appeared in the miniseries. One was an Elephant whom Tarzan befriended in his youth, the other was a dead individual that was being cut up in the French colonial town of St. Eustache.
 * African Leopard (Sheeta) - A leopard appeared in the second episode where it attacked Jane and Esmeralda in the Greystoke treehouse. Tarzan saved them by fighting and killing it.
 * African Lion (Sabor, Numa) - A lioness appeared in the first episode where it killed Tarzan’s friend Droopy Ears. A male lion appeared in the third episode where Tarzan fought and killed it as part of a wager.
 * African Rock Python (Histah) - One appeared in the third episode where it attacked Tarzan and Jane whilst they were skinny dipping, Tarzan then fought and killed it.
 * Black Rhinoceros (Buto) - A dead individual appeared in the third episode in the French colonial town of St. Eustache.
 * Great Apes (Mangangi) - The Mangani are the Great Apes who adopt Tarzan when he was an infant. They seem to resemble large chimpanzees.
 * Hippopotamus (Duro) - A small herd appeared in the first episode whilst Tarzan was swimming.
 * Nile Crocodile (Gimla) - One appeared in the second episode. It attacked Cecil as he was out looking for Archimedes, he was walking through a swamp when he came upon it. Tarzan came to his aide and killed the crocodile by snapping its neck.
 * Plains Zebra (Pacco) - A herd appeared in the third episode been viewed by Tarzan. Another one appeared as a corpse in the colonial town of St. Eustache.
 * Western Lowland Gorilla (Bolangi) - One appeared in the first episode. A large male attacked Tarzan whilst he was visiting his deceased parent’s cabin, he managed to kill it after a brutal fight but not before it badly wounded him.

Locations

 * Equatorial West Africa -
 * Greystoke Treehouse -
 * St. Eustache -
 * United States -
 * Porter House -
 * Wapiti Native American Reservation -



Differences from the original novel
Whilst being the most faithful adaptation of the novel, there several changes to the story:
 * The novel was set in 1909, whilst the miniseries is set two years earlier in 1907.
 * Jane's hair is brunette, whilst in the novel she was blonde.
 * John and Alice were marooned in Africa in 1888, in the miniseries they were marooned in 1886.
 * John and Alice live in a treehouse, in the novel they lived in a treehouse for a brief time before permanently settling in a cabin.
 * The miniseries, Cecil was attacked by a large crocodile that was killed by Tarzan. In the novel he was attacked by a lion.

Trivia

 * This is the second time that John Scott has composed music for Tarzan. The first time was for the 1984 film, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.

Episode 1

 * Tarzan is shown nude from his childhood to early teens, his buttocks is seen briefly. This is portrayed as innocence only.
 * Several African tribal women are seen topless, this is for tribal purposes only.

Episode 2

 * Jane is seen stripping naked and changing into her nightwear. Her bare and buttocks are seen.

Episode 1

 * A baby ape falls onto a rock.
 * A Chimpanzee tears out a man's throat.

Episode 1

 * A sailor calls Lady Alice a "fucking bitch".