PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON EPIC TV SERIES MEDICI THE MAGNIFICENT FINAL SEASON WITH DANIEL SHARMAN, TOBI REGBO, ROSE WILLIAMS, SARAH PARISH

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THE FINAL SEASON OF THE EPIC SERIES STARTS NEXT WEEK

Netflix will air the series around the world

Medici: The Magnificent was definitely a far cry from the marvellous first season Medici: Masters of Florence, having none of its great cast and masterful storytelling, as its lead star Daniel Sharman showed a rather shocking lack of acting chops, charisma and any kind of expression or even screen presence, and given that Italian National Broadcaster has decided to air all episodes of the final third season MEDICI THE MAGNIFICENT: FINAL SEASON aka The Beauty and the Power (titled in Italy Medici: Nel Nome della famiglia) in just two weeks to be quicker done

Lorenzo's and his wife now have tons of kids and it seems his treacherous sister is back after betraying the family and getting her own brother killed

with it, it seems the last season won't be much better either. We will, of course, still give it a go. First four episodes will air Monday and Tuesday December

The final season starts tomorrow in Italy

2nd and 3rd on RAI and then the last four on December 9th and 10th. Netflix will air the eight episodes at the beginning of 2020 in the rest of the world as their original series!

  Who Is In The Family?  
Beside Sharman's Lorenzo Medici with a much longer hair and older looks (he is supposed to be over 40 in the final season), who is now the undisputed ruler of Florence, we will also see Sanditon's Rose Williams who is joining the season in the role of Caterina Sforza Riario, a historical figure known as the Renaissance lioness whose defiance and ruthlessness have made

Ray Stevenson, left, plays King Ferrante in the series

her a tyrant. She was a daughter of the Duke of Milan and the wife of Girolamo Riario (Jack Roth), Pope Sixtus IV's nephew. Reign's and Last Kingdom's

Daniel Sharman returns in the lead role of Lorenzo Medici

Tobi Regbo is also joining the cast as painter and architect Peruzzi.  Synnøve Karlsen, who was rather unimpressive and unnoticeable in the previous season, returns as Lorenzo's flimsy wife, Sarah Parish as his

Sinnove Karlsen returns as Lorenzo's helpless and weak wife

mother, with new cast additions being Francesco Montanari, John Lynch, Johnny Harris, Callum Blake, Aurora Ruffino! Sebastian De Souza returns as the famous painter.

Medici: The Power And The Beauty

has the story set after the terrible Pazzi Conspiracy in which Giuliano Medici (Bradley James) lost his life. Lorenzo is tormented by the desire for revenge against Pope Sixtus IV (Raoul Bova), who authorized that bloody attack, and

Alessandra Mastronardi returns as Lorenzo's shameless mistress

towards Count Riario, the last survivor among the conspirators. His beloved wife Clarice (Synnove Karlsen) tries to convince him to find peace with a compromise that would save both his soul and the city. He does not see much

John Lynch joins the cast as Pope Sixtus

hope even after the discovery that Giuliano left a son, Giulio, who is welcomed into the family. Lorenzo is determined to save his family and Florence even at the price of losing his soul. As the bank's situation becomes increasingly

Francesco Montanari is Lorenzo's new enemy Savonarola

unstable, politics pushes Lorenzo to give up the ideals of the past and his relationship with his wife Clarice also suffers, especially after he meets

Rose Williams joins as Lorenzo's new lover Caterina Sforza Riario

beautiful lady Sforza. He also continues to finance the world of art, meeting the great artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo. In affirming his ever-

Toby Regbo is architect Peruzzi, Lorenzo's friend

increasing power, however, Lorenzo clashes with an unexpected enemy, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (Francesco Montanari), who inflames the people of Florence with his sermons against the tyranny of the Medici.
THE SERIES HITS NETFLIX MAY 1ST 2020!

SANDITON'S ROSE WILLIAMS AND REIGN'S TOBY REGBO JOIN MEDICI: POWER AND BEAUTY EPIC SERIES SEASON 3! PLUS FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE SETS

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SEASON 3 EXCLUSIVE UPDATES

The new season will air on RAI this Autumn

Medici: The Magnificent was definitely a far cry from the marvellous first season Medici: Masters of Florence, having none of its great cast and masterful storytelling, as its lead star Daniel Sharman showed a rather shocking lack of acting chops, charisma and any kind of expression or even screen presence, but RAI's most successful international project is still getting the third season and we have first photos from the sets revealing not only a new longer hair look for Sharman's Lorenzo Medici, but also Sanditon's Rose Williams who is joining the season in the role of Caterina Sforza Riario, a historical figure known as the Renaissance lioness whose defiance and ruthlessness have made her a tyrant.

Rose Williams is joining the cast as Lady Sforza Riario

She was a daughter of the Duke of Milan and the wife of Girolamo Riario (Jack Roth), Pope Sixtus IV's nephew. Reign's and Last Kingdom's Tobi Regbo is also joining the cast as painter and architect Peruzzi.

   MEDICI: POWER AND BEAUTY 

Daniel Sharman's Lorenzo will be in his 40s in the series

will be arriving to RAI this Autumn, under that new title, and will probably air later on at Netflix too. The story will be set after the terrible Pazzi Conspiracy in which Giuliano Medici (Bradley James) lost his life. Lorenzo is tormented by the desire for revenge against Pope Sixtus IV (Raoul Bova), who authorized that bloody attack, and towards Count Riario, the last survivor among the conspirators. His beloved wife Clarice (Synnove Karlsen) tries to convince him to find peace with a compromise that would save both his soul and the city. He does not see much hope even after the discovery that Giuliano left a son, Giulio, who is welcomed into the family. Lorenzo is determined to save his family and Florence even at

Synnove Karlsen returns to the role of Lorenzo's unloved wife Clarice

the price of losing his soul. As the bank's situation becomes increasingly unstable, politics pushes Lorenzo to give up the ideals of the past and his relationship with his wife Clarice also suffers, especially after he meets beautiful lady Sforza. He also continues to finance the world of art, meeting

Toby Regbo will be the new friend of the Medicis, painter Peruzzi

the great artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo. In affirming his ever-increasing power, however, Lorenzo clashes with an unexpected enemy, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (Francesco Montanari), who inflames the people of Florence with his sermons against the tyranny of the Medici.

NETFLIX RELEASES 1ST TRAILER FOR MEDICI THE MAGNIFICENT EPIC TV SERIES WITH DANIEL SHARMAN, BRADLEY JAMES, SEAN BEAN, SARAH PARISH, RAOUL BOVA, JULIAN SANDS! 3RD SEASON IN WORKS

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TRAILER FOR NETFLIX EPIC SAGA

We are launching our Epic Weekend with the first trailer Netflix has released for the second season of Medici: Masters of Florence epic TV series,

Medici should start soon on Netflix!

this time titled MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT which already aired in Italy, but will air on Netflix January 25th! It sees Daniel Sharman playing Cosimo's grandson Lorenzo De Medici who is now taking over the family's business.

  THE ART OF REVO- LUTION
1470. Medici's family power has been consolidated over time. Lorenzo  (Daniel Sharman) is called to take his father's place after an attempt on his life which reveals years of poor bank management

Sarah Parish, Danial Sharman and Bradley James as the Medicis!

from them. As new head of Medici's family he has to take care of his brother Giuliano (Bradley James) and his sister Bianca (Aurora Ruffino). He

The third season is already shooting in Rome!

marries Clarice Orsini (Synnove Karlsen), a noble woman from Rome, and his friendship with Botticelli (Sebastian de Souza) gives life to Renaissance.

Synnove Karlsen plays Lorenzo's wife Clarice Orsini

His conflict with Pope Sixtus brings Florence to the most bloody moment of its history, the Pazzi conspiracy.

THE CAST ALSO INCLUDES

 Bradley James as Lorenzo's brother Giuliano De Medici, Raoul Bova as Pope Sixtus IV,  Julian Sands as Piero De Medici, Sarah Parish as

Bradley James and Daniel Sharman as the Medici brothers

Lorenzo's and Giuliano's mother Lucrezia De Medici, Sean Bean as their enemy Jacopo De Pazzi, Alessandra Mastronardi as Lucrezia Donati and others.

3RD SEASON IN WORKS! 
Canadian director Christian Duguay is already helming the third season MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT PART II in Rome with Francesco

Alessandra Mastronardi is Lorenzo's love interest Lucrezia Donati

Montanari joining the cast as radical preacher Girolamo Savonarola, who became leader of Florence after the Medici family’s overthrow in 1494.

Sean Bean as Medici's enemy Jacopo de Pazzi with his sons!

Lorenzo De Medici has now become a man who will have to fight against his demons and defend Florence from new internal and external threats! He will

Francesco Montanari is playing Girolamo Savonarola in the third season

find himself clashing more and more with the rising discontent of the people, who find their inspiration in the figure of Savonarola!

1ST TRAILER FOR 'MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT' 15TH CENTURY EPIC TV SERIES SEASON 2 IS HERE WITH DANIEL SHARMAN, BRADLEY JAMES, SEAN BEAN! MARTON CSOKAS, EVE HEWSON TO LEAD BBC'S EPIC 19TH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND SET TV SERIES 'LUMINARIES'

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2ND SEASON TRAILER REVEALED!

The second season starts October 23rd in Italy

You probably remember that your spy's favourite epic series last year was Medici: Masters of Florence! The first season was absolutely magnificent and it seems the second one could be, at least its name says so, the same: MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT is ready to start airing on Italian national broadcaster RAI October 23rd and we can hope it will air its English language version sometime this winter on Netflix Unlike the first season which followed Cosimo Medici in the amazing performance of Richard Madden, this one will focus on his grandsons Lorenzo, played by Daniel Sharman, and his brother Giuliano, played by

Sarah Parish, Daniel Sharman and Bradley James are the Medicis

Bradley James. The cast will also include Sarah Parish as their mother Lucrezia, Sean Bean as their enemy Jacopo de' Pazzi, Raoul Bova as Pope Sixtus IV, Sebastian de Souza as Sandro Botticelli and Alessandra Mastronardi as Lucrezia Donati!

 

MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT
has the story set in 1470. Medici's family power has been consolidated over time. Lorenzo is called to take his father's place after an attempt on his life which reveals years of poor bank management from them. As new head of

Netflix will air the English version probably this winter!

Medici's family he has to take care of his brother Giuliano and his sister Bianca. He marries Clarice Orsini, a noble woman from Rome, and his friendship with Botticelli gives life to Renaissance. His contrast with Pope Sixtus brings Florence to the most bloody moment of its History, the Pazzi conspiracy.

  BBC'S 'THE LUMINARIES'

EPIC TV SERIES SETS MARTON CSOKAS, EVE HEWSON AS LEADS

Marton Csokas returns to New Zealand after Lord of the Rings

Speaking of epic series, BBC Two has announced the cast for their historical series THE LUMINA- RIES  the six part TV adaptation of the popular Man Booker Prize winning novel by Eleanor Catton! Into the Badlands star Marton Csokas and Robin Hood star Eve Hewson will lead the cast as Francis Carver and Anna Wetherell! Eva Green will play Lydia Wells.

Eve Hewson is Susan Sarandon's daughter

THE LUMINARIES tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travelled across the world to make their fortunes. It is a 19th century tale of adventure and mystery, set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush. The story follows defiant young adventurer Anna Wetherell, who has sailed from Britain to New Zealand to begin a new life. There she meets the radiant Emery Staines, an encounter that triggers a strange kind of magic that neither can explain. As they fall in love, driven together and apart by fateful coincidence, these star-crossed lovers begin to wonder: do we make our fortunes, or do our fortunes make us?

1ST PHOTOS FROM 'MEDICI MASTERS OF FLORENCE: THE MAGNIFICENT' WITH DANIEL SHARMAN AND BBC'S EPIC NEW MINI SERIES 'LITTLE WOMEN'!

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'THE MAGNIFICENT' 2ND SEASON

New season will also have eight episodes

As I've informed you before, the second season of Italy's English language epic saga MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE is shooting till late December and now the news is that Beta Film will co-produce it and they're releasing new photos next week (you can see first two today)!

Now titled MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE: THE MAGNIFI- CENT, the new season will be set in 15th century Florence, following the drama of the infamous Medici family, whose political and economic scheming helped shape European and world history. It will revolve this time on Lorenzo de' Medici (Daniel Sharman), a

Netflix airs the series around the world!

young son forced to take over the family business following an attempt on the life of his father, Piero de Medici (who was the son of Richard Madden's Cosimo in the first season). Lorenzo wants to abandons the cynical politics of the past and usher in a new era of political freedom and creative expression

Daniel Sharman takes over the lead role from Richard Madden

but his attempt puts him on a collision course with the head of Florence’s other powerful banking family, Jacopo Pazzi (Sean Bean)! Bradley James is Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano with Sarah Parish, Alessandra Mastronardi, Raoul Bova and Julian Sands also in the cast.

  'LITTLE WOMEN' MINI SERIES

BBC RELEASES FIRST PHOTO!

There's also the very first photo from BBC's latest mini series adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN which shows Maya Hawke as Jo, Willa Fitzgerald as Meg, Annes Elwy as Beth and Kathryn Newton as Amy. The three part

PBS Masterpiece will air the mini series in USA

saga follows their lives in the Civil War America  with Emily Watson, Angela Lansbury, Michael Gambon, Mark Stanley and our dearest Julian Morris also in the cast.

PERIOD SET FRIDAY: BRADLEY JAMES, SEAN BEAN, DANIEL SHARMAN, RAOUL BOVA, SARAH PARISH JOIN 'MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE' EPIC TV SERIES 2ND SEASON!

'MEDICI' EPIC SEASON 2 CASTS

 BRADLEY JAMES, DANIEL SHARMAN, SEAN BEAN, SARAH PARISH, JULIAN SANDS

Bradley James will be Guiliano Medici

The most beautiful piece of info ever as the highlight of our period set projects week! Those who know the spy probably remember when I said I was gonna ditch MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE after it was shockingly announced that Richard Madden won't be starring in the second season, but now that the new cast has been announced for the sophomore run of the magnificent epic TV series I'm definitely watching since our dearest King Arthur Bradley James has been cast in the role of Giuliano Medici! The main star of the second season, which starts shooting next month, will, however, be Daniel Sharman as his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent, the grandson of Madden's Cosimo Medici who was the star of the first season. The eight part series will also include Julian Sands as Lorenzo and Giuliano’s father, Piero, and Sebastian De Souza as their friend, Sandro Botticelli. The pope will be played, believe it or not, by sinfully gorgeous Italian superstar Raoul Bova and Sean Bean will

De Souza, Sharman and Bova, left to right, will star in the second season

portray the family's greatest rival and enemy Jacoppo Pazzi. Sarah Parish (who is no stranger to epic series as she already starred in Pillars of the Earth and Atlantis) will play the new, older version of Lorenzo's mother while Alessandra Mastronardi will play his mistress! Italian RAI and Netflix are producing the series again to air it sometime next year. 

MASTERS OF FLORENCE
The second season of the best epic series in last ten years, will be set 20 years after the events of the first. A young Lorenzo, the grandson of Richard Madden’s character Cosimo from the first series, is forced to

Alessandra Mastronardi and Sarah Parish will be the female leads

take over the family bank, which has been mismanaged by his father. As Lorenzo, his brother, and Botticelli set about trying to make Florence a great financial and cultural center, they face off against the Pazzi family, and Pope Sixtus IV.

LAURIE DAVIDSON TO LEAD SHEKHAR KAPUR'S 'WILL' SHAKESPEARE EPIC TV SERIES! 'OUTLANDER' 2ND SEASON TRAILER IS HERE! 'ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME' TRAILER WITH SARAH JESSICA PARKER, RAOUL BOVA

SHEKHAR KAPUR'S 'WILL' EPIC

SERIES CASTS LAURIE DAVIDSON

Tell me, people, what are the odds that two of our fave directors move onto the small screens in the same year? With Tarsem directing EMERALD CITY epic series for NBC, another of our dearest film makers, Shekhar Kapur (ELIZA BETH saga) will helm WILL epic series for TNT, which I've already told you about, but now they have the sweetest of leads! Charming young Laurie David son will lead the wild story of young WILLiam Shakespeare's arrival onto the punk rock theatre scene that was 16th century London – the seductive world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows. It’s the hot, contemporary, dangerous version of Shakespeare’s life, played to a modern soundtrack, exposing all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance.

'OUTLANDER' 2ND SEASON

TRAILER RELEASED!
Speaking of epic series, check out the first teaser for the second season of OUTLANDER which should arrive to Starz in April! The new season will see pregnant Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) arrive to France, intent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart and stopping the battle of Culloden.

'ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME' MOVIE TRAILER

WITH SARAH JESSICA PARKER

There's also another trailer for you today, the first clip for Sarah Jessica Parker's new romantic movie ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME which is out this February! She plays Maggie, a slightly neurotic woman excited for an Italian vacation with her less-enthused daughter, Summer (Rosie Day). While the rebellious teen is eager to get back to her boyfriend in New York, Maggie’s romance is right in front of her, as she reconnects with an old flame named Luca (Raoul Bova). While they’re distracted by the sparkle of youth in each other’s eyes, Luca’s mother (Claudia Cardinale) gives the keys to his Alfa Romero convertible to Summer with the understanding that she drive the elderly woman to Rome for her own romantic adventure.