'THE NAME OF THE ROSE'
EPIC TV SERIES TRAILERS ARE IN!
Rejoice, people! Italian national broadcaster RAI (which gave us magnificent epic series Medici Masters of Florence) has released two gorgeous trailers for their small screen version of
Umberto Eco's famous
THE NAME OF THE ROSE which will start airing from March 4th in Italy. With almost $30
 |
| The series starts airing March 4th in Italy! |
million spent on the production, the eight episode series really should not disappoint the audience. BBC will air the series in UK, Sky in Germany, OCS in France. Sundance TV will air it in USA and Canada, with local broadcasters airing it around Europe too.
THE NAME OF THE ROSE IS set in Italy in 1327, and follows the Franciscan monk William of Baskerville (
John Turturro) and his novice Adso von Melk (
Damian Hardung) as
 |
| John Turturro and Damian Hardung are William and Adso |
they arrive at a secluded monastery in the Alps. There they become witnesses to a series of mysterious murders. While Baskerville and Melk investigate and
 |
| The series will later on air on BBC and Sundance as well |
search for the killer, they are hunted themselves by the merciless inquisitor Bernard Gui (
Rupert Everett), who prosecutes those who criticize the Pope.
WHO'S IN THE BROTHERHOOD?
The series stars
John Turturro (as William of Baskervillea 14th century Franciscan monk, as he investigates a series of unusual deaths at a remote monastery) and
Rupert Everett (as Inquisitor Gui) while
Michael  |
| Michael Emmerson is the evil Abbot! |
Emerson will play The Abbot, an ambiguous, greedy, over sensitive and irritable prince of the Abbey! Gorgeous German actor
Damian Hardung will
be William's apprentice, Benedictine novice Adso. The cast will also include Sebastian Kock,
Piotr Adamczyk, James Cosmo, Richard Sammel and our favourite Italian star
Alessio Boni next to Greta Scarano.
Comments
Post a Comment