Marco Polo is an American television drama series that tells a story about the early years of Marco Polo that he spent in the court of Kublai Khan. The series was released on Netflix on December 12, 2014 and there is already plenty of buzz about it. Marco Polo was conceived and created by John Fusco (Young Guns, Hidalgo, and The Forbidden Kingdom). He also serves alongside Harvey Weinstein as an executive producer of the show. The series is produced by The Weinstein Company.
Marco Polo stars a rising star of Italian cinema Lorenzo Richelmy as Marco Polo. Best known for her role in Cloud Atlas, the Beijing-born Zhu Zhu plays Marco’s love interest Kokachin. Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) and Benedict Wong (Prometheus) also star in the show’s global cast as Empress Chabi and Kublai Khan. Rounding out the extensive cast of Marco Polo are Remy Hii as Prince Jingim, Olivia Cheng as Mei Lin, Claudia Kim as Khutulun, Uli Latukefu as Byamba, Chin Han as Jia Sidao, and Tom Wu as Hundred Eyes.
Marco Polo series was originally developed by the TV channel Starz, which started the production in January of 2012. Unfortunately, filming in China got halted and the new TV project was transferred back to The Weinstein Company. Netflix then bought the exclusive rights for Marco Polo’s season 1 consisting of 10 episodes. Given the exotic locations and big scale scenes, the cost of season 1 of Marco Polo is estimated at 90 million dollars. The series was filmed in such places as Italy, Kazakhstan, and also at Pinewood Studios in Malaysia. Netflix officially announced their new series in January of 2014.
One of the stuntmen on the series was set to be Ju Kun, but unfortunately he was he was killed during a horrific crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Marco Polo, played by Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy, is abandoned by his father in a foreign country where he becomes an enemy of a prince while also catching an interest of a beautiful maiden. So how does he become the target of both jealously and love? The answer is simple: be being a handsome outsider who doesn’t truly want to bother anyone. Even though Marco is not looking for conflict, trouble does find him. Some say that this particular quality of the main character makes him a rather dry and uncharismatic hero.
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