‘Django’: Sky Releases “First Look” Photos Of Western Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Noomi Rapace, Nicholas Pinnock & Lisa Vicari
As production continues in Romania, Sky has released some “first look” photos of ‘Django‘, the high-concept reimagining of the classic Western, starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Noomi Rapace, Nicholas Pinnock & Lisa Vicari, created by the people behind ‘Gomorrah’.
The story is set in the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s. Sarah (Vicari) and John (Pinnock) have founded New Babylon, a city of outcasts, full of men and women of all backgrounds, races and creeds, that welcomes everyone with open arms. Haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, Django (Schoenaerts) is still looking for his daughter, believing she may have survived. He is shocked to find her in New Babylon, about to marry John. But Sarah, now a grown woman, wants Django to leave, as she fears he will put New Babylon in jeopardy if he stays. However, Django, believing the city is in danger, is adamant that he will not lose his daughter twice.
Award-winning actor Matthias Schoenaerts is acclaimed for a multitude of stellar roles including those in ‘The Danish Girl’, ‘The Mustang’, ‘Bullhead’ and ‘Rust and Bone’; Award-winning actor Noomi Rapace is well known for her roles in films ‘Prometheus’, ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ and ‘What Happened to Monday’ as well as independent films ‘Daisy Diamond’ and the Cannes Festival film ‘Lamb’; While actor and founder of Silver Milk Productions Nicholas Pinnock, who has appeared on the big screen in films ‘The Last Tree’ and ‘Dark Encounter’, is known on television from popular dramas ‘Counterpart’, ‘Top Boy’, ‘Fortitude’, ‘Marcella’ and most recently ‘For Life’; Talented German rising star Lisa Vicari, is recognised for her performances in the film ‘Luna’ and, more recently, in the popular series ‘Dark’.
Loosely based on the Sergio Corbucci feature film ‘Django’, the English-language series is being produced for Sky Studios and CANAL+ by the award-winning French production company Atlantique Productions (‘Midnight Sun’, ‘The Eddy’), part of Mediawan, and Cattleya (‘ZeroZeroZero’, ‘Gomorrah’), Italy’s leading independent film and TV drama producer and part of ITV Studios, along with co-producers Sky Studios and CANAL+ and in collaboration with Odeon Fiction and StudioCanal.
The first episodes of the drama are directed by Francesca Comencini (‘Gomorrah’), who is the series’ artistic director with subsequent episodes directed by David Evans (‘Downton Abbey’) and Enrico Maria Artale (‘Romulus’). ‘Django’ was created and written by Leonardo Fasoli (‘Gomorrah’, ‘ZeroZeroZero’) and Maddalena Ravagli (‘Gomorrah’, ‘ZeroZeroZero’), who, together, also co-wrote the series treatment with Francesco Cenni and Michele Pellegrini, with two episodes written by Max Hurwitz (‘ZeroZeroZero’, ‘Manhunt’).
‘Django’ is a highly ambitious production, set to deliver a contemporary and psychological twist on the Western genre through an engaging narrative and an accurate representation of the period. The Sky Original series and CANAL+ Creation Originale Django will be broadcast on Sky’s services in Italy, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland and on CANAL+ channels in France, Switzerland, Benelux and Africa. The drama is made with support from the Romanian Government, is currently being filmed on location over six months in Racos, Bucharest and the Danube area. STUDIOCANAL has worldwide distribution rights.
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