TV NEWS BULLETIN: NEW HISTORICAL SERIES ON MAD KING LUDWIG OF BAVARIA, ROBIN HOOD RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON AT MGM PLUS! ED SKREIN JOINS GOD OF WAR

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KING LUDWIG II HISTORICAL TV SERIES

Beta Film together with German ARD and Swiss SRF is preparing historical series LUDWIG on Bavarian king Ludwig II who took the throne in 1864 and was considered to be a bit mad spending lavishly on outlandish and extraordinary projects like building castles on the top of the mountains. The series follows psychologist Gustav Zimmermann (Felix Mayr) who is tasked with reviewing a psychiatric report on the King (Luis Pintsch), a document that will ultimately determine whether he is declared incompetent to rule. This work brings him closer to revealing the secrets of the royal ruler: his struggles with power, his longing for freedom and his profound forbidden love. Aaron Friesz, Carlotta Bähre, Jonathan Kriener also star.

 

  ROBIN HOOD RENEWED FOR SEASON TWO

Meanwhile, MGM Plus has renewed their epic series ROBIN HOOD for the second season with Jack Patten, Sean Bean and Connie Nielsen. Season two expands the world beyond Sherwood and Nottingham into the treacherous courts of England, France, and Rome, transforming the outlaw rebellion into a high stakes battle for the soul of a kingdom. As the Angevin empire threatens to tear itself apart, Rob and Marian are drawn into the orbit of kings and queens, forced to wield the very instruments of Norman power to secure a future for the Saxons. 

 

ED SKREIN JOINS GOD OF WAR

Ed Skrein will play Baldur

Ed Skrein has been cast as Baldur in Prime Video's TV series adaptation of GOD  OF WAR game. He is the youngest son of Odin (Mandy Pitinkin), charismatic, unpredictable and armed with a razor-sharp tongue, Baldur lives by his own rules. As a boy, Baldur was cursed; this curse denied him the ability to feel pleasure and physical sensation. This fuels an insatiable anger and bloodlust in Baldur, who favors a brawling fighting style that blends his immense power with the raw impact of his fists. Above all else, he longs for an opponent that can truly match his prowess in battle. An opponent that can finally make him feel something.