Greystoke: Tarzan of the Apes

Greystoke: Tarzan of the Apes is a 2014 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 a tribe of apes.

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

 * François Arnaud 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 -
 * TBA as Tarzan aged 12 -
 * Sarah Ramos 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.
 * TBA as Samuel T. Philander -
 * Peter Mullan as Robert Canler -
 * TBA as Lord John Greystoke -
 * TBA as Lady Alice Greystoke -
 * TBA as Mbonga -
 * TBA 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 -
 * 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.
 * TBA 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
 * 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.
 * 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) -
 * African Leopard (Sheeta) -
 * African Lion (Sabor, Numa) -
 * Black Rhinoceros (Buto) -
 * Great Apes (Mangangi) -
 * Nile Crocodile (Gimla) -
 * Plains Zebra (Pacco) -
 * Western Lowland Gorilla (Bolangi) -

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.

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 buttocks is 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".