'BLOOD & TREASURE' BRINGS
ADVENTURE TO YOUR SUMMER
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| The first season will have 13 episodes |
Believe it or not, spylings, the summer is almost upon us and you very well know what that means - dead TV zone for three months as most broadcasters have no intention of airing anything new when the summer heat hits us! Not
CBS this year! They've decided to give us a new series this summer and what is better for the hottest season than some globe trotting exciting adventure? Their
BLOOD & TREASURE starts May 21st created by
Matt Federman &
Stephen Scaia!
BLOOD & TREASURE
is a globe trotting action adventure drama about a brilliant
antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to catch a
ruthless terrorist who funds his
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| The series will air on Tuesday nights at CBS from May 21st |
attacks through stolen treasure. Danny
McNamara (
Matt Barr) is a former FBI agent specializing in stolen art and antiquities. Lexi Vaziri (
Sofia
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| Valor and Sleepy Hollow blond hunk Matt Barr takes the lead role |
Pernas)
is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her
father, which she blames on Danny. When terrorist Karim Farouk (
Oded
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| Mummy star Oded Fehr takes the role of the lead villain! |
Fehr) absconds with a priceless artefact and kidnaps Danny's mentor Dr. Anna Castillo (
Alicia Coppola),
Danny recruits Lexi to help him bring
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| Alicia Coppola will play the mentor of Matt Barr's character |
Farouk to justice and rescue
Anna. As they chase down Farouk, they encounter unscrupulous individuals
who may either be useful allies or dangerous
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| Michael James Shaw will play the character with the same surname |
enemies, including Aiden
Shaw (
Michael James Shaw), an arms dealer who acts solely in his self-interest, and Simon Hardwick (
James Callis), an expert
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| James Callis is a pilfering expert in the series |
at procuring pilfered artefacts. Danny and Lexi are assisted by Father Chuck (
Mark Gagliardi),
a childhood friend of Danny's who works at the Vatican
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| Mark Gagliardi plays a friend of Matt Barr's character |
Foreign Ministry
in Rome. Their hunt draws the attention of Interpol agent Gwen Karlsson
(
Katia Winter), who wants Farouk brought to justice, but
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| Katia Winter plays an Interpol Agent in the new series |
won't
allow Danny and Lexi to break international laws in the process. As they
criss cross the world hunting their target, Danny and Lexi unexpectedly
find
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| Gorgeous Antonio Cupo will also be a regular in the cast |
themselves at the centre of a 2,000-year-old battle for the cradle
of civilization. Check out the trailer for the new show below:
