Netflix Reimagines Marco Polo’s Travels This Winter

<p>&&num;8220&semi;Worlds will collide&&num;8221&semi; this winter between East and West in Netflix&&num;8217&semi;s ambitious take on the voyages of Marco Polo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starring Lorenzo Richelmy as the historical explorer&comma; <em>Marco Polo<&sol;em> is directed by John Fusco &lpar;<em>Young Guns&comma; Hidalgo<&sol;em>&rpar; and sees Polo during his earliest days in the court of the 13th century&&num;8217&semi;s Kublai Khan&comma; emperor of the Mongolian Empire&period; The series also stars Benedict Wong as Kublai Khan and Zhu Zhu as a princess of the court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;KWtv5Ht4YZE<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The series&comma; originally developed by Starz in 2012&comma; was picked up by Netflix for a &dollar;90 million&comma; 10-episode first season after attempts to shoot the series in China failed&period; First announced in January earlier this year&comma; the series filmed in Italy&comma; Kazakhstan&comma; and Pinewood Studios in Malaysia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Netflix describes the series as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><em>Intrigue&period; Deception&period; Bloodshed&period; These are just some of the obstacles awaiting legendary explorer Marco Polo as he navigates the inner court of 13th century ruler&comma; Kublai Khan&period; From the back alleys of Venice to the perilous Silk Road&comma; from the opulence of the Imperial City to the battlefields of China&comma; Marco Polo is an epic action-adventure&comma; where cultures clash&comma; blood is spilled&comma; and lies are told&&num;8230&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><em>Marco Polo<&sol;em> joins a wealth of recently revealed series for streaming on-demand to Netflix&comma; including <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nycc-2014-marvels-daredevil-back-black-netflix&sol;">2015&&num;8217&semi;s Daredevil <&sol;a>and its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kyle-chandler-bad-thing-bloodline&sol;">original series &&num;8220&semi;Bloodlines&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> The streaming service&&num;8217&semi;s Emmy award-winning <em>House of Cards<&sol;em>&comma; returns February&comma; 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;KWtv5Ht4YZE">Netflix on YouTube<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;