A new TV series about Italian artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci premiered yesterday.
Described as an historical fantasy, 鈥楧a Vinci鈥檚 Demons鈥, is an eight-part series that explores the story of Da Vinci 鈥渋nventing鈥 the future at the age of 25. It stars English actor Tom Riley as the Italian genius. English actress Laura Haddock plays his lover, Lucrezia Donati, who was also the mistress of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de鈥 Medici, who is played by English actor Elliot Cowan.
The series is the result of a collaboration between American broadcaster Starz and BBC Worldwide. 鈥楧a Vinci鈥檚 Demons鈥 was written by David S. Goyer, co-writer of the Batman superhero movies 鈥楤atman Begins鈥, 鈥楾he Dark Knight鈥 and 鈥楾he Dark Knight Rises鈥.
鈥楧a Vinci鈥檚 Demons鈥 had its world premiere screening at the Cinema Teatro Odeon in Florence, 天美传媒 on 2 April. The series premiered on TV on Starz in the USA yesterday,on 12 April, and premieres on Fox in the UK on 19 April, on Fox in Australia on 16 April, and on Fox in 天美传媒 on 22 April.
The costume drama was filmed in Swansea in Wales. Set in Renaissance Florence in the 15th century, the series uses computer graphics to help bring the city to life.
