Stars & BBC Worldwide Commission Da Vinci's Demons

[Bob The Skutter]

So it looks as if the first show to come from Starz deal with BBC Worldwide has been commissioned. Hopefully this will be better than the Torchwood co-production.

Starz and BBC Worldwide are to produce a new drama adventure series Da Vinci's Demons. The commission represents the first co-production between the two companies since they signed a deal to collaborate on projects earlier this year.

Press Release:
Starz Entertainment has green-lit a new original adventure series titled “Da Vinci’s Demons,” developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. This is the first project to enter production under the multi-year agreement Starz signed with BBC Worldwide Productions earlier this summer. The series was jointly announced today by Starz Media Managing Director, Carmi Zlotnik and BBC Worldwide Productions Head, Jane Tranter.

Written by David S. Goyer, co-writer of blockbuster and critically-acclaimed films Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and writer of the highly anticipated Man of Steel, the eight-episode series is scheduled to begin production in early-2012. Da Vinci's Demons" is David Goyer's historical fantasy, following the "untold" story of the world's greatest genius during his raucous youth in Renaissance Florence. Brash and brilliant, the twenty five-year old 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.

"Da Vinci was the original Renaissance man -- a near-mythic figure that has world-wide appeal. After working with characters like Batman and Superman, it made a strange kind of sense for me to dive into the facts and legends swirling around his origins. This will be a show about secret histories, genius, madness, and all things profane. And I'm particularly excited that I get to do it on premium cable, where the story can be as dark and challenging and irreverent as it deserves to be. Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions have been nothing but supportive." - David Goyer
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[ATimson]

The important question: will Ezio Auditore da Firenze make an appearance?

 

[Lonemagpie]

The important question: will Ezio Auditore da Firenze make an appearance?

Yeah, I was just thinking "it sounds like they've played too much AC2/ACB"

 

[Temis the Vorta]

With that title, people will be tuning in expecting Dan Brown (which doesn't sound at all like what it's going to turn out to be.)

Nice misleading marketing there. I'm sure it's just an "accident."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Does this Da Vinci know that he is Flint?