Paris – U.S. network Starz Entertainment’s brand new drama Da Vinci’s Demons, will debut as MIPTV’s 2013 World Premiere TV Screening in Cannes, France. International buyers and media will get an exclusive international preview of the eight-part series’ first episode in the Palais des Festivals’ Grand Auditorium on Monday 8 April.
The screening of Da Vinci’s Demons will be followed by an on-stage conversation with writer and showrunner David S. Goyer, along with the series’ principal cast Tom Riley and Laura Haddock. The talents will later walk the red carpet to attend the MIPTV opening night party.
FOX International Channels has acquired first window pay-TV rights in all its broadcasting markets, and is planning to premiere the series in tandem with Starz US.
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. The series reveals the secret history of Leonardo Da Vinci, a young man tortured by the gift of superhuman genius. The Italian painter and inventor – a bastard son who yearned for legitimacy – finds himself in the midst of a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future.
Production on the series began in summer 2012, and Starz will launch the show in the U.S. in 2013. Produced by Adjacent Productions for Starz Entertainment, Da Vinci’s Demons is being sold internationally at MIPTV by BBC Worldwide.
