James Fenimore Cooper wrote the novel The Last of the Mohicans in 1826. Then, many films were adapted from the material, including a famous 1920 adaptation from directors Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur, and a 1992 version from Michael Mann and star Daniel Day-Lewis. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, it's coming to the screen again. This time, as an HBO Max television series. The forthcoming The Last of the Mohicans series promises to be a reworking of the original premise, involving a star-crossed love story amidst the backdrop of the French-Indian War. The script will …

Although Cary Joji Fukunaga is at work on Bond 25, he’s not leaving TV behind completely. After directing Maniac and the first season of True Detective as well as developing The Alienist, he’s now teaming up with Watchmen director Nicole Kassell for a new adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans. James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 novel is the second the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years’ War). The story follows “the unlikely romance between Uncas, a young Mohican, and Cora, the mixed-race daughter of …