"Marco Polo" Chinese Theatrical Poster
Netflix’s first 10-episode season of Marco Polo will soon be streaming on a TV or device near you. Judging from its new trailer, Marco Polo promises the whole package: history, romance, drama, sex, swordplay and even some martial arts!
The series is written by John Fusco (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend) and the first episode is directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales).
The series stars Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Chin Han, Zhu Zhu, Olivia Cheng, Claudia Kim, Mahesh Jadu, Tom Wu, Remy Hii, Uli Latukefu, and Rick Yune.
In addition to Netflix’s Marco Polo, Rob Cohen (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) has signed on to helm his own version of Marco Polo, which will be a 3D fantasy/action take on the story. There have also been additional reports that Cohen is considering his Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor leading man Jet Li (Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate) for a role.
Countless projects about the Venetian adventurer have been made in the past, but the obvious one that comes to our mind is 1975’s Marco Polo (aka Four Assassins), a Chang Cheh-directed Shaw Brothers film starring Richard Harrison, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan Chun, Gordon Liu, Leung Kar Yan and Shih Szu.
Catch Netflix’s Marco Polo on December 12th. Until then, don’t miss the first trailer!
Updates: The second full trailer has been released.
