It looks a little bit MacGuyver, a little bit Elementary, a little bit Merlin, with elements of Game of Thrones, Camelot and The Borgias - the very hot-looking, brand-new TV drama Da Vinci's Demons which might turn out to be 2013 best new, big-buzz TV drama - one which South African viewers will most likely only be able to see on a Fox channel on TopTV early in 2013.
Fox - either Fox Entertainment (TopTV 180) or FX (TopTV 110) - will likely be the TV channel for the highly-anticipated new drama series Da Vinci's Demons for South African TV viewers early in 2013. Episodes will most probably be rolled out close on the heels of them being shown on the Starz channel in America where it will start in April this year.
Now the first real teaser trailer of Da Vinci's Demons with Tom Riley as Leonardo has been revealed, and yes, there's gratuitous nudity. From the trailer it's clear however that Da Vinci's Demons also has a lot of action, intrigue in the form of hooded figures and a cult, as well as great special effects, and a very believable rendering of the historical city of Florence.
Fox International Channels (FIC) has the exclusive broadcasting rights for this new historical fantasy series which was filmed in Wales and the first season of Da Vinci's Demons will have 8 episodes.
Da Vinci's Demons revolves around the life of a 25 year old Leonardo Da Vinci as a young Renaissance artist and inventor, trying to solve an overarching mystery.
Da Vinci's Demons is a co-production between BBC Worldwide and the Starz TV channel in America. Under the terms of the deal with FIC however, FIC will be the exclusive first window pay-TV broadcaster of Da Vinci's Demons in FIC territories outside of the United States and Canada - such as South Africa and Africa.
That means that Da Vinci's Demons will most likely be earmarked to be shown on one of the two Fox TV channels on TopTV, similar to Falling Skies and The Walking Dead.
