NETFLIX REVEALS STREAM DATE AND A TEASER FOR THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET PERIOD SET ITALIAN SERIES

 LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET 

SEASON TWO SERIES TRAILER IS HERE

Quite unexpectedly, the 2nd season of Italy's period set series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET has been announced for October 30th over at Netflix. Lidia (Matilda de Angelis) is not allowed to be a lawyer because she is a woman. So this time she aims even higher, she wants to change the law. While she continues to collaborate with her brother Enrico (Eduardo Scarpetta), tackling new cases and fighting for women’s rights, she wants to convince him to run for Parliament so that her law can finally find a voice. Lidia is completely done with love, especially with Jacopo (Pier Luigi Pasino), responsible for having sold the family villa and on a collision course with all the Poëts. But Jacopo and Lidia are forced to meet again to share, reluctantly, a secret investigation that concerns them closely, rediscovering the complicity and fun that has always bound them. Giving a hard time to the protagonists, the new King’s Attorney, Fourneau (Gianmarco Saurino), a man of the institutions who unexpectedly treats Lidia as his equal, prompting her to question the complex and contradictory relationship she has with feelings, and the cost of personal renunciation that she is sustaining in the name of her ideals. 

NETFLIX RELEASES TRAILER FOR NEW PERIOD SET TV SERIES THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET ABOUT ITALY'S FIRST EVER LAWYER FROM THE 19TH CENTURY

 NETFLIX SERIES TRAILER FOR 

THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET HISTORICAL TV SERIES

Lidia Poet arrives February 15th

Netflix has just released a trailer for their new period set mini series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET which should arrive February 15th directed by Matteo Rovere and starring Matilde de Angelis.

 

  THE STORY

Turin, late 1800s. A ruling by the Court of Appeal of Turin declares Lidia Poët's enrollment in the register of lawyers illegitimate, thus preventing her from practicing the profession because she is a woman. Penniless but full of pride, Lidia finds a job at her brother Enrico's law firm, while she prepares the appeal to overturn the Court's conclusions. Through a gaze that goes beyond her time, Lidia assists the suspects by seeking the truth behind appearances and prejudices. Jacopo (Eduardo Scarpetta), a mysterious journalist and Lidia's brother-in-law, passes her information and guides her into the hidden worlds of a magniloquent Turin. The series reinterprets the true story of Lidia Poët, the first lawyer in Italy, in a light procedural key. Pier Luigi Pasino is Enrico Poët, brother of Lidia, while Sara Lazzaro and Sinéad Thornhill are respectively Teresa Barberis, wife of Enrico, and Marianna Poët, their daughter.

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 2023 PERIOD SET SERIES 

THE ULTIMATE LIST IS HERE

Well, it is not especially ultimate as, unlike 2022 that gave us quite a lot of shows on queens and empresses, freshly launched 2023 looks rather bleak when it comes to our favourite period set genre. Out of the returning shows we

Django should start very soon on Sky

can expect new seasons of Valhalla, Wheel of Time, Serpent Queen, Sisi, Empress, Gilded Age, Domina and Sanditon, but here are the new ones: Sky should finally launch its wild west set adventure DJANGO starring Matthias Schoenaerts as the legendary gunslinger searching for his daughter. FX might finally bring us the new adaptation of SHOGUN sometime this year starring Cosmo Jarvis as the 17th century sailor who becomes a samurai. Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano also star. BBC will probably give us GALLOWS POLE set in the 18th century industrial revolution in Yorkshire, and possibly TEN POUND POMS with Michelle Keegan in which a group of Brits leave post-

A sneaky spy peek into Ten Pound Poms set

war Britain in 1956 to embark on an adventure in Australia. Amazon Prime Video has already set cast for MY LADY JANE which brings the history of the saddest queen of England ever - she ruled just a few weeks. Dominic Cooper stars.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ITV?

British channel ITV and their newly launched streamer ITVX are to bring us TOM JONES series which will also air on PBS Masterpiece this spring starring Solly McLeod as the titular hero of the four part picaresque

Tom Jones will have just four episodes this spring

story about young man's complicated journey to find real love in the 18th century England. We might also get to see Iain De Caestercker as King Arthur in THE WINTER KING in which a former warrior now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.

2023 OFFER FROM NETFLIX

Netflix does not really have much in offer from the genre. February should bring us Italian series THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis. Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true 19th century story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer. Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE

Lidia Poet will start this February on Netflix

OF USHER should also arrive to the streamer sometime this year starring Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamil and Carla Gugino.

 

  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Beside the new season of Catherine the Great series, this time titled VELIKAYA: THE GOLDEN AGE in which Liza Boyarska takes over the

Liza Boyarskaya is new Catherine the Great in Velikaya

role of the Russian empress in the later years of her rule,  we will also see Catherine the Great, this time played by Irina Pegova, in THE IMPERIAL

Irina Pegova is Catherine in The Imperial Vaccination

VACCINATION about the time when Catherine had to make her people accept the first flu vaccines by taking it first herself. That one will air on Russia 1 broadcaster sometime this year.

APPLE TO LEAD THE GENRE

Surprisingly enough, Apple TV Plus will probably dominate the genre this year. They have THE BUCCANEERS set in the 1870s when a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during

First look at The Buccaneers TV series set

the London debutante season. They should also show us THE NEW LOOK in which Ben Mendelhson and Juliette Binoche play Dior and Coco Chanel in the story that explores the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior, as

Ben Mendehlson as Dior in The New Look

he dethrones Coco Chanel and helps return spirit and life to the world with his iconic imprint of beauty and influence. Hugo Becker, John Malkovich and

Masters of the Air continues Band of Brothers anthology

Emily Mortimer also star. It is possibly that we will also finally see MASTERS OF THE AIR which follows the American bombers during the

Jason Momoa will be Chief of War

WW2 with Callum Turner and Austen Butler in the lead roles. Jason Momoa is, meanwhile, bringing CHIEF OF WAR about the historical struggle for power on his islands of Hawaii. 

  WHAT IS DISNEY PREPARING

We are also not used to getting costume drama from Disney Plus, but this year they are bringing us THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL about an 18th century female renegade who will cross paths with Queen Anne and play

Shazad Latif as captain Nemo in Nautilus

a role in the power struggles that were being played out over the European battlefields. We might also see Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo in

The Lions of Sicily first look at the sets

NAUTILUS epic TV seafaring adventure and also the adaptation of THE LIONS OF SICILY which follows the 19th century Florio family which turned a small shop in Sicily into a flourish business activity that became an

Balenciaga might be scraped due to the recent scandal

economic empire! Disney should also give us BALENCIAGA series about the famous Spanish designer and fashion legend it if hasn't been cancelled due to the recent scandal.

RISE OF THE RAVEN

Now, I am not sure this one will be done for airing this year, but it might: RISE OF THE RAVEN is this year's most expensive epic series from Central Europe done for Hungarian TV2, Austrian ORF and our dear Beta Film. Based on Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the ten part series follows Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe. Set among the scandals, political power plays and court intrigues of medieval Europe, the $30 million series is nevertheless a human story at heart, with Gellért L. Kádár playing Hunyadi, and Vivien Rujder as his life partner, Elizabeth Szilagyi. Laurence Rupp, Murathan Muslu and Rade Sherbedgia also star.

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S SPOTLIGHT ON BEST PERIOD SET AND EPIC SERIES ARRIVING THIS AUTUMN: FROM BRITAIN, GERMANY AND FRANCE, TO ITALY, AUSTRIA AND FANTASY WORLDS OF TOLKIEN

 AUTUMN 2022 EPIC SHOWS 

THE RINGS OF POWER

The biggest series event of the year if not the whole decade will be the September 2nd premiere of the most expensive series ever made LORD OF THE RINGS: RINGS OF POWER over at Amazon Prime Video. The eight episode first season is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. In today's exclusive photos you can see Benjamin Walker as Elven king Gil-Galad.

MARIE ANTOINETTE

Over at French Canal + and BBC after Versailles, we can expect MARIE ANTOINETTE series later this year. The eight part series, starring Emilia Schule in the lead role follows the famed queen Marie Antoinette, who was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. James Purefoy also stars with Louis Cunningham as King Louis XVI! 

TOM JONES

After a very long wait, we can also expect that the Autumn will bring us the four part adaptation of Henry Fielding's TOM JONES over at ITV, a picaresque story of the title character’s complicated journey to find real love, which has delighted and scandalized readers since it was originally published in 1749. The raunchy novel follows often very scandalous and bawdy sexual exploits and merry adventures of the young and good hearted 18th century foundling Tom Jones in a story full of twists and surprises. Solly McLeod takes the lead.

SERPENT QUEEN

Although most of the costume drama is coming from Europe, America has one in their sleeve too: Autumn is also bringing SERPENT QUEEN to Starz. Starring Samantha Morton (another exclusive photo today for you) the eight part saga will portray the Italian noblewoman and queen of France Catherine de Medici, married to King Henry II and mother of kings Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. She had huge influence in France during the 16th century. 

THE EMPRESS

Earlier this summer I showed you the first teaser for Netflix German epic saga THE EMPRESS which arrives September 29th. The series will depict Austrian empress Sisi’s life from her teenage years onwards, when she first met Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria Hungary, and Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant will play the imperial couple. When the rebellious Elisabeth meets Franz, the Emperor of Austria, in 1853 the young couple's intoxicating love completely upsets the power structure at the Viennese court.

 

BARBARIANS

Also arriving to Netflix this Autumn is the second season of Germany's historical series BARBARIANS in which Jeanne Goursaud, Laurence Rupp and David Schütter return as Arminius, Thusnelda and Folkwin who managed to kick Romans out of Germania. The second season will send them on a new adventure of love, friendship and betrayal.

 

LIDIA POET

Also streaming on Netflix this Autumn, but arriving from Italy is historical series LIDIA POET with Matilda de Angelis in the title role of the series which reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who in late 19th century Turin fought a legal battle to be allowed to practice as a lawyer after she was forbidden to do so by a court order. She became Italy’s first female lawyer. Romulus helmer Matteo Rovere is directing. 

 

1899

Netflix is also ready to give us some period set horror thrills in their new series 1899 which revolves around a migrant steamship heading west to leave the old continent from London to New York. The passengers, a mixed bag of European origins, are united by their hopes and dreams for the new century and their future abroad. When they discover another migrant ship adrift on open sea, their journey takes an unexpected turn. What they find on board will turn their passage to the promised land into a horrifying nightmare.

 

WILLOW

Disney Plus has set November 30th start date for their new epic series WILLOW in which Warwick Davis is reprising his movie role of Willow Ufgood in a story of a child destined to bean empress, and the unlikely hero who would protect her. Ellie Bamber also stars in this film set in a magical world where sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, and where the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes sets off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.

 

SAS: ROGUE HEROES

BBC is bringing us their new period set series SAS: ROGUE HEROES starring Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, alongside Dominic West and Sofia Boutella. The six part drama is the dramatised

SAS: Rogue Heroes will air sometime next year on BBC

account of how the world’s greatest Specia lForces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two. 

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

AMC Plus will air a TV series adaptation of Anne Rice's vampire saga INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE with Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt and Jacob Anderson as Louis. The story follows an 18th century Lord, Louis, as he recounts his story and tumultuous relationship with his maker – Lestat – to an eager interviewer and biographer. After he was turned into a vampire by Lestat in 1790s in New Orleans, they developed a love-hate relationship over the centuries!

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  LIDIA POET TV SERIES  

1ST MATILDA DE ANGELIS PHOTO

I'm bringing you a very special treat today: updates on some of the European costume drama that we can expect in the future, beginning with the first

First look at Matilda de Angelis as Lidia Poet

photo of Leonardo's Matilda de Angelis in her new Netflix series LIDIA POET. It is from the set, so not of best quality but it gives you an idea of the costumes she will be wearing in it. Matilda, whom you remember from HBO's The Undoing series and Aidan Turner's Leonardo, leads this new Italian Netflix procedural series which reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who in late 19th century Turin fought a legal battle to be allowed to practice as a lawyer after she was forbidden to do so by a court order. Then in 1883, after the legal battle, she became Italy’s first female lawyer. Romulus helmer Matteo Rovere is directing. Stay tuned for more info on the series as we get new updates.

  BRIGANTI TV SERIES  

SETS LEAD CAST AT NETFLIX

Another of the Italian period set series coming soon to Netflix, BRIGANTI, has set main cast. This action packed six episode series started shooting last month in Italy. It will follow the adventurous transformation of Filomena (Michela de Rossi), from an obedient wife to a ruthless

Michella de Rossi and Matilda Lutz take female leads

brigandess in mid 19th century: hunted and on the run, she seeks shelter in the woods where she meets a band of brigands ready for anything. Her determination and her cunning will save her life and she, joining them, decides to to give back to the south what had been stolen from them: Garibaldi’s gold. On this path she will meet two women, Michelina (Matilda

Marlon Joubert, Giulio Beranek and Gianmarco Vettori also star

Lutz) and Ciccilla (Ivana Lotito), sometimes allies, sometimes enemies, equally determined and unpredictable. Inspired by real characters, a modern, epic tale will also star  Marlon Joubert, Orlando Cinque, Gianmarco Vettori, Federico Ielapi, Giulio Beranek and Adriano Chiaramida. The series will stream on Netflix next year.

 AND MOUNTAIN WILL BLOOM 

1ST PICS FROM FRENCH SERIES

Up in France, we have first photos from France television's new mini series AND MOUNTAIN WILL BLOOM (Et la montagne fleurira), a six part saga based on Françoise Bourdon’s novel “Le Mas des Tilleuls,”! Set in 1837 in

Guillaume Arnault leads the cast of the new series

Provence, it follows a man, Jean Baptiste (Guillaume Arnault), who was banned from this childhood home by his father after being wrongfully accused of having abused his step mother, Seraphine (Hélène de Fougerolles).

The six part series will air on France Television

Jean Baptiste runs away to live with his aunt and eventually become a merchant of rare flowers and finds love with Lila. But his happiness is crushed when a revolt spreads across Provence, forcing him to reclaim rights over his family property and confronts wounds from his childhood.

MATTHEW FOX TO LEAD PEACOCK'S LAST LIGHT MINI TV SERIES! 19TH CENTURY SET LIDIA POET & BRIGANTI AMONG NETFLIX' NEW ITALIAN PERIOD SET ORIGINAL SERIES!

 NEW NETFLIX PERIOD SET ORIGINALS COMING FROM ITALY

LIDIA POET AND BRIGANTI

Matilda de Angelis will lead Lidia Poet

Netflix has unveiled their upcoming new Italian original series slate and there are two period set ones among them. Matilda De Angelis (from Leonardo and The Undoing) will play LIDIA POET in this procedural series which reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who in late 19th century Turin fought a legal battle to be allowed to practice as a lawyer after she was forbidden to do so by a court order. She became Italy’s first female lawyer. Romulus helmer Matteo Rovere is directing. BRIGANTI will be a feminist epic set in Italy’s South during the 19th century involving a woman named Filomena who joins a group of brigands and pursues a treasure of gold ingots that had been stolen from a Sicilian bank by Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi. 

  MATTHEW FOX TO LEAD 

LAST LIGHT MINI SERIES

Speaking of new series, Peacock is preparing new apocalyptic mini series LAST LIGHT based on Alex Scarrow's book. In the series that

Matthew Fox returns to television

follows a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos, Matthew Fox will be petro chemist Andy Nielsen who knows how dependent the world is on oil. Fearing the fallout that would occur should the supply be disrupted, Andy’s worst imaginings are realized during a business trip to the Middle East, when oil supplies get contaminated by an infectious agent, causing society to implode in the face of global disaster. Meanwhile, his daughter is at home in London, and his wife Elena (Joanna Froggatt) and young son are in Paris, leaving the family separated. In order to find one another, they’ll sacrifice everything. The five episode series will see Fox' return to the small screens after more than ten years.