STARZ FANS FLAMES OF ANTICIPATION
WITH FIRST LOOK AT THE DAVID S. GOYER
HISTORICAL DRAMA “DA VINCI’S DEMONS”
Beverly Hills, CA – November 5, 2012 – Today STARZ
released a peek at the highly anticipated historical drama, “Da Vinci’s
Demons” with a first look trailer. “Da Vinci’s Demons” is an original
series penned by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel) and will air on STARZ Spring 2013.
Starring Tom Riley (“Monroe,” I Want Candy),
as the title character, “Da Vinci's Demons” is a historical fantasy,
following the ‘untold’ story of the world's greatest genius during his
turbulent youth in Renaissance Florence. Brilliant and passionate, the
twenty-five year old Leonardo Da Vinci is an artist, inventor,
swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist. As a free thinker, with
intellect and talents that are almost superhuman, he struggles to live
within the confines of his own reality and time. He begins to not only
see the future, but invent it.
The series also stars Laura Haddock (The Inbetweeners Movie, “Honest,” Captain America: The First Avenger)
who plays the celebrated beauty with obscure motives, Lucrezia Donati,
Elliot Cowan (“Marchlands,” “The Fixer,” “Lost in Austen”) who plays the
shrewd de factor ruler of Florence, Lorenzo Medici, Lara Pulver (“True
Blood,” “Sherlock,” “Robin Hood”), who plays his wife Clarice Orsini and
Blake Ritson (RocknRolla, Titus, “World Without End”) as Pope Sixtus’ ruthless bastard son, Count Riario.
“Da
Vinci’s Demons” is the first project to enter production under the
multi-year agreement between Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide
Productions. Goyer, co-writer of blockbuster and critically-acclaimed
films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and writer of the upcoming Man of Steel, is
showrunner. Julie Gardner is Executive Producer, along with Jane
Tranter, head of BBC Worldwide Productions. Production began this summer
and STARZ will premiere an eight-episode first season in the U.S. in
2013.
About Starz Entertainment
Starz
Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie and original programming
entertainment service provider operating in the United States. The
company offers 17 premium channels including the flagship STARZ® and ENCORE®
brands with approximately 20.7 million and 34.2 million subscribers
respectively. Starz Entertainment airs in total more than 1,000 movies
and original series every month across its pay TV channels. Starz
Entertainment is recognized as a pay TV leader in providing HD, On
Demand, HD On Demand and online advanced services for its STARZ, ENCORE
and MOVIEPLEX brands. Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA).
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