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Jeremy Irons to star in “The Borgias” TV show
Sat Jan 9, 2010 5:08pm EST
LOS ANGELES, Jan 9 (Reuters Life!) – Scheming Italian renaissance
family “The Borgias” will be the subject of a U.S. television series
next year, with Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons playing the
starring role.
Robert Greenblatt, entertainment chief of Showtime, told TV reporters
on Saturday the cable channel had ordered 10 episodes of “The Borgias”
to be directed by Neil Jordan, who won a screenwriting Oscar for his
1992 film, “The Crying Game.”
“The Borgias” will air in spring 2011 and replace Showtime’s hit
steamy English period drama “The Tudors,” whose fourth and final season
starts in April.
The Borgia family, one of whose members became Pope Alexander VI in
1492, was notorious for murder, rape and corruption in 15th century
Italy and has inspired a number of books, plays and films.
Irons, 61, won an Oscar for his role as socialite Claus von Bulow in
the 1990 movie “Reversal of Fortune.” (Reporting by Jill Serjeant;
Editing by Peter Cooney)
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THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS DYNASTY – THE BORGIAS – COMES TO SHOWTIME
Network Greenlights Epic Drama Series Starring Oscar(R) Winner Jeremy
Irons and Executive Produced by Academy Award(R) Winning Director Neil
Jordan and Veteran Film and Television Writer/Producer Michael Hirst
LOS ANGELES, CA, January 09, 2010 – Showtime Networks has ordered 10
episodes of a one-hour drama series based on the infamous Italian
Renaissance family The Borgias, it was announced today by Robert
Greenblatt, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Oscar(R)-winning actor Jeremy Irons will star in the epic drama series
as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of The Borgia
family who ascends to the highest circles of power within
Renaissance-era Italy. Additionally, Academy Award(R) winning director
Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will create and executive produce the
series as well as direct the first two episodes. Veteran film and
television writer/producer Michael Hirst, who created, wrote and
executive produced SHOWTIME’s original series The Tudors, will serve as
executive producer/writer.
“Having blazed a trail with the award-winning THE TUDORS, we wanted
to continue to offer our audience a period drama as wicked, witty, and
utterly compelling — and that’s what THE BORGIAS will be,” said
Greenblatt. “I can guarantee you’ve never seen a family quite like this
before, nor could you make up the outrageous twists and turns of their
epic saga if your life depended on it. The directorial mastery of Neil
Jordan along with Michael Hirst’s flair for bringing historical dramas
vividly to life for a contemporary audience will make THE BORGIAS unlike
anything else on television.”
THE BORGIAS will be a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of
history’s most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series
begins as the family’s patriarch Rodrigo (Jeremy Irons), becomes Pope,
propelling him, his two Machiavellian sons Cesare and Juan, and his
scandalously beautiful daughter, Lucrezia, to become the most powerful
and influential family of the Italian Renaissance. And all that power
and influence eventually leads to their demise. As Machiavelli once said
about his friends, the Borgias, “Politics have no relation to morals.”
Jeremy Irons is one of the most celebrated film, television and stage
stars of the last thirty years. He has won the Academy Award (R)
(Reversal of Fortune), a Tony Award(R) (The Real Thing), two Emmy
Awards(R) (Elizabeth I, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th
Century), two Golden Globe(R) Awards (Elizabeth I, Reversal of Fortune)
and a Screen Actors Guild Award(R) (Elizabeth I). His list of memorable
films and television include; Brideshead Revisited, The Mission, Dead
Ringers, Being Julia, The Merchant of Venice, Lolita, and Appaloosa.
Last season he appeared on Broadway in Impression opposite Joan Allen.
He is currently nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Awards for his
performance in Georgia O’Keefee.
The series will be produced as a Canadian-European Treaty
co-production in a manner similar to the production of THE TUDORS. It
will go into production this spring for a debut in early 2011.
Jeremy Irons to star in “The Borgias” TV show
Sat Jan 9, 2010 5:08pm EST
LOS ANGELES, Jan 9 (Reuters Life!) – Scheming Italian renaissance
family “The Borgias” will be the subject of a U.S. television series
next year, with Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons playing the
starring role.
Robert Greenblatt, entertainment chief of Showtime, told TV reporters
on Saturday the cable channel had ordered 10 episodes of “The Borgias”
to be directed by Neil Jordan, who won a screenwriting Oscar for his
1992 film, “The Crying Game.”
“The Borgias” will air in spring 2011 and replace Showtime’s hit
steamy English period drama “The Tudors,” whose fourth and final season
starts in April.
The Borgia family, one of whose members became Pope Alexander VI in
1492, was notorious for murder, rape and corruption in 15th century
Italy and has inspired a number of books, plays and films.
Irons, 61, won an Oscar for his role as socialite Claus von Bulow in
the 1990 movie “Reversal of Fortune.” (Reporting by Jill Serjeant;
Editing by Peter Cooney)
——————————————————————————————————–
THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS DYNASTY – THE BORGIAS – COMES TO SHOWTIME
Network Greenlights Epic Drama Series Starring Oscar(R) Winner Jeremy
Irons and Executive Produced by Academy Award(R) Winning Director Neil
Jordan and Veteran Film and Television Writer/Producer Michael Hirst
LOS ANGELES, CA, January 09, 2010 – Showtime Networks has ordered 10
episodes of a one-hour drama series based on the infamous Italian
Renaissance family The Borgias, it was announced today by Robert
Greenblatt, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Oscar(R)-winning actor Jeremy Irons will star in the epic drama series
as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of The Borgia
family who ascends to the highest circles of power within
Renaissance-era Italy. Additionally, Academy Award(R) winning director
Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will create and executive produce the
series as well as direct the first two episodes. Veteran film and
television writer/producer Michael Hirst, who created, wrote and
executive produced SHOWTIME’s original series The Tudors, will serve as
executive producer/writer.
“Having blazed a trail with the award-winning THE TUDORS, we wanted
to continue to offer our audience a period drama as wicked, witty, and
utterly compelling — and that’s what THE BORGIAS will be,” said
Greenblatt. “I can guarantee you’ve never seen a family quite like this
before, nor could you make up the outrageous twists and turns of their
epic saga if your life depended on it. The directorial mastery of Neil
Jordan along with Michael Hirst’s flair for bringing historical dramas
vividly to life for a contemporary audience will make THE BORGIAS unlike
anything else on television.”
THE BORGIAS will be a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of
history’s most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series
begins as the family’s patriarch Rodrigo (Jeremy Irons), becomes Pope,
propelling him, his two Machiavellian sons Cesare and Juan, and his
scandalously beautiful daughter, Lucrezia, to become the most powerful
and influential family of the Italian Renaissance. And all that power
and influence eventually leads to their demise. As Machiavelli once said
about his friends, the Borgias, “Politics have no relation to morals.”
Jeremy Irons is one of the most celebrated film, television and stage
stars of the last thirty years. He has won the Academy Award (R)
(Reversal of Fortune), a Tony Award(R) (The Real Thing), two Emmy
Awards(R) (Elizabeth I, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th
Century), two Golden Globe(R) Awards (Elizabeth I, Reversal of Fortune)
and a Screen Actors Guild Award(R) (Elizabeth I). His list of memorable
films and television include; Brideshead Revisited, The Mission, Dead
Ringers, Being Julia, The Merchant of Venice, Lolita, and Appaloosa.
Last season he appeared on Broadway in Impression opposite Joan Allen.
He is currently nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Awards for his
performance in Georgia O’Keefee.
The series will be produced as a Canadian-European Treaty
co-production in a manner similar to the production of THE TUDORS. It
will go into production this spring for a debut in early 2011.
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Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek will play opposite Jeremy Irons in the upcoming Showtime mini-series The Borgias. Verbeek will play Giulia Farnese, one of Rodrigo Borgia’s young mistresses. Farnese was known for her beauty and was an inspiration for many of the 15th century masters. It is said that Raphael’s portrait “Young Woman With Unicorn” was inspired by Farnese.
According to Verbeek’s agent Jeremy Conway, casting was decided because of Verbeek’s strong resemblance to portraits of the real-life Guilia Farnese.
Last year the 28 year old won the best actress prize at Locarno for playing opposite Stephen Rea in Nothing Personal (a film by Urszula Antoniak). Verbeek was also picked as a European Shooting Star at the Berlin Film Festival in February (a programed aimed at finding new talent throughout Europe and bringing them mass attention) .
Verbeek is currently in Budapest filming The Borgias. Filming began on 23 July and will continue into December.
EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI TO GUEST STAR IN NEW EPIC DRAMA SERIES, PREMIERING IN SPRING 2011 ON SHOWTIME®
LOS ANGELES, CA – (September 22, 2010) – Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage) will guest star on the new SHOWTIME drama series THE BORGIAS in three episodes as “Sancia,” the beautiful and seductive Neapolitan princess who marries the Pope’s youngest son Joffre (Aidan Alexander), even though she has her eye on another Borgia brother. The series is headlined by Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons and is currently shooting in Budapest for a Spring 2011 premiere.
THE BORGIAS is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history’s most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series begins as the family’s patriarch Rodrigo (Irons), becomes Pope Alexander, propelling him, his three Machiavellian sons Cesare (Francois Arnaud), Juan (David Oakes), Joffre (Aidan Alexander) and his scandalously beautiful daughter, Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance. Joanne Whalley also stars as Vanossa, the mother of Rodrigo’s children.
AIDAN ALEXANDER is from Bournemouth, England and has previously appeared in a Nestle Wholegrain Cereal commercial; the short film The Time Traveller, directed by Tom Cliffe; the short film The Run, directed by Tristan Casey and has appeared in the musical Footprints of Africa at the Lighthouse Theatre in Poole, England. He is represented by Abacus Agency and the Elliott Brown Agency.
