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Article: Fontana takes on Borgia clan.(Tom Fontana)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- February 27, 2009
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Tom Fontana has been tapped to pen a series about the notorious Borgia clan that Chris Albrecht will exec produce for Gallic production shingle Lagardere Entertainment and Canal Plus.
The series' 12-episode first season will be shot in English to facilitate worldwide sales of the series, most importantly in the U.S. Albrecht, the former HBO chieftain, will shop the series to U.S. outlets. He's partnered with former HBO longform exec Anne Thomopoulos, who will also serve as an exec producer on "The Borgias."
Series is skedded to begin production in the fall in Europe. Casting will be handled out of London with an eye toward assembling a strong ...