As you probably know by now, almost all of the films, series, daily soaps and all of the pilots have halted filming due to Coronavirus outbreak, and even
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| The series will have three seasons |
the ones that are already airing, for example sitcoms, will finish their seasons without final episodes which were mostly due to be shot this week or end of March. Out of epic shows, Witcher, See, Around the World in 80 Days, Wheel of Time, Britannia, have all stopped filming their new or first seasons. Similarly, massive new Spanish epic drama
GLOW AND DARKNESS (
Resplandor y Tinieblas) has also put the production of its nine episodes on hiatus, but we have the first photos from the super luxurious period set project which shares its lavish scope with the other two upcoming new Spanish historical sagas
El Cid and
Ines of my Soul with more than 1500 actors and extras working on the project.
Denise Richards and
Jane Seymour lead the cast of the English language series which will cover the life and times of some of the most important figures of the Middle Ages
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| Denise Richards and Jane Seymour will play famous 13th century queens |
who met the protagonist Saint Francis of Assisi, during the 13th century, a a spectacular period of history ruled by ambition, cruelty, religion and the clash of Christian and Saracen cultures. Some of the historical figures he met during his life include Richard the Lionheart (
Steve Buyers), queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (to be played by Seymour) and Pope Urban II (to be played by Oscar
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| The series will be shot in English language, but it is a Spanish production |
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Bruce Davison), Ferdinand of Navarre (
Daniel Lundh), Frederick I Barbarossa (
Adrian Bouchet), Frederick of Swabia (
Callum Kerr), Hermann of Thuringia (
Sander Jan Klerk), Raymond III of Tripoli (
Joe Layton), Henry VI (
Robert Maaser), Saladin (
Adam Bond), King Baldwin (
Landher Iturbe), Maria of Champagne (
Denise Richards), King of Jerusalem Guy de Lusignan (
March Hughes), prince of Antioch Reynald De
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| Adam Bond is legendary Saladin famous Muslim general and sultan |
Chatillon (
Bart Edwards), famous knight Roger of Moulins (
Aron von Adrian) and many others.
Jose Luis Moreno is the executive producer, director and writer of the series for Dreamlight International production. Opulent costumes, lavish sets, spectacular battles will fill the project which is planned as a three season series. The halted shooting was to be done in Italy, France, Morocco, Egypt and Spain.
Dezzy's History Lesson
Assisi (Italy), year 1179
In the long night of the Middle Ages, at the fall of the Roman Empire,
Europe plunges into darkness. Soon an institution will emerge that will
take up the torch and for a thousand years illuminate all of
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| The lavish project will use more than 1500 actors and extras |
Christendom: the Roman Catholic Church. However, in the late twelfth and
early thirteenth centuries, the papacy once again preaches the crusades
against mighty Islam while facing one of its most serious crises: the
Cathar
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| The series will be offered to networks only after the end of production |
and Waldensian heresy. Owner of large properties and lands
donated by the faith of the believers - with whom they want to "buy"
their place in the promised heaven - the Church accumulates great power
and has stopped listening to people, who demand its renewal and return
to the origins of
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| The sets, costumes, cinematography are done by award winning Spanish experts |
Christianity. Thus, popes and cardinals will be more
devoted to face the Holy Empire, after decades in dispute for dominance
of the known world. It is in these moments when, providentially, a man
emerges whose message of love and respect for all beings of Creation
will become universal: Francis of Assisi (1181-1226).
