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Seeing Starz
C21Media
That relationship led to a multi-year coproduction agreement between Starz and BBCWW, and the first project under the deal will be period drama Da Vinci's Demons, due in 2013. “As partners, BBCWW brought a slew of relationships around the world; ...

TV Roundup: Lea Michele Guest Mentors on 'The Glee Project'
New York Post
In any event, the new series will actually focus around the artist and inventor himself, and his life during the Renaissance. British actor Tom Riley has been cast to play Da Vinci, who will be depicted as an intelligent, clever outcast of sorts.

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TV Roundup: Lea Michele Guest Mentors on 'The Glee Project'
New York Post
Naturally, the title of the new Starz series Da Vinci's Demons, and possibly an angry Dan Brown. In any event, the new series will actually focus around the artist and inventor himself, and his life during the Renaissance. British actor Tom Riley has ...

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Kristin Chenoweth Books 'Hot In Cleveland' Guest Role And More Casting News
Huffington Post
Nat Faxton and Ben Falcone will also guest star as new neighbors for Reagan and Chris. [TV Guide] Tom Riley has been tapped to play Leonardo Da Vinci. Riley will play the young artist/inventor in Starz's "Da Vinci's Demons," a drama from David S. Goyer ...

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AfterElton.com
Morning Meme: Kristin Chenoweth Gets "Hot In Cleveland," Bret Easton Ellis ...
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Starz has cast Tom Riley in Da Vinci's Demons, their upcoming eight part series. I'm curious as to how it's written, as many historians believe Da Vinci to have been gay, and the show is billed as “the 'untold' story of the world's greatest genius ...

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TOM RILEY: British actor Tom Riley is to play Renaissance-era artist Leonardo da Vinci in the new drama series, Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions said. Riley's casting is the first announced for the historical fantasy series, ...

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AfterElton.com
TV on Tap: "Modern Family" Usually Says 'No' to Product Placement, Gay ...
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He'll be played by British actor Tom Riley who's probably a "Hey, it's that guy" actor if you watch a lot of British TV. NBC ordered ten pilots yesterday, including Roseanne Barr's Downwardly Mobile and County, a hospital drama starring Jason Ritter.

Hollywood Reporter
Da Vinci's Demons Is An SFX Show, It Seems
SFX
When we first heard about BBC Worldwide's Da Vinci's Demons we guessed it might be an SFX show, primarily because of who was creating it – David S Goyer, scriptwriter behind the Nolan Batman trilogy, Blade, Dark City and Man Of Steel to name but a few.
'Da Vinci's Demons' casts its LeonardoEntertainment Weekly
Tom Riley To Fight 'Da Vinci's Demons' on STARZCrave Online
Riley to play Da Vinci in Starz's 'Demons': BBC Worldwide Prods. co-produces ...Chicago Tribune
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New York Post
Starr report
New York Post
British actor Tom Riley will play Leonardo da Vinci in the upcoming Starz series, “Da Vinci's Demons.” No word (yet) on a premiere date . . . Out today on DVD: “Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns: Season 4,” starring David Mann, Tamela Mann and Lamman ...

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New York Post
Starr report
New York Post
British actor Tom Riley will play Leonardo da Vinci in the upcoming Starz series, “Da Vinci's Demons.” No word (yet) on a premiere date . . . Out today on DVD: “Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns: Season 4,” starring David Mann, Tamela Mann and Lamman ...

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Moviehole
Author : Moviehole Staff (Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 4:37 am)
Moviehole
(Deadline) Tom Riley (“Return to House on Haunted Hill”) has snagged the role of Leonardo Da Vinci in David S.Goyer (“Blade”) and BBC's new series, said to tell the untold story of the world's greatest genius. The series will reportedly fix on Da ...

The Atlantic Wire
There Will Be a Dubstep Movie
The Atlantic Wire
The point is that dubstep has become enough of a thing that a deal has gone down at Sundance for actors Jake Hoffman and Nikki "Rosalie" Reed to star in a movie that is "a psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep." Oh gosh.

The Atlantic Wire
There Will Be a Dubstep Movie
The Atlantic Wire
[The Hollywood Reporter] Starz has found an actor to play Italian genius and sexual mystery Leonardo DiCaprio da Vinci in their new series Da Vinci's Demons. It's just a mashup of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, probably?

This Is Fake DIY
Tom Riley Lands The Lead In Da Vinci's Demons
This Is Fake DIY
New historical, fantasy series Da Vinci's Demons will star British actor Tom Riley in the lead role of Leonardo da Vinci Deadline reports. Greenlit back in October 2011 by US cable channel Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions, Da Vinci's Demons is the ...

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This Is Fake DIY
Tom Riley Lands The Lead In Da Vinci's Demons
This Is Fake DIY
New historical, fantasy series Da Vinci's Demons will star British actor Tom Riley in the lead role of Leonardo da Vinci Deadline reports. Greenlit back in October 2011 by US cable channel Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions, Da Vinci's Demons is the ...

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This Is Fake DIY
Tom Riley Lands The Lead In Da Vinci's Demons
This Is Fake DIY
Riley is probably best known for his role in the recent ITV re-make Bouquet of Barbed Wire as the twisted Gavin Sorenson and most recently in House-alike medical drama Monroe opposite James Nesbitt. He turned heads in the US after a triumphant turn on ...

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TVLine Items: True Blood's (Kind of) New Stud, Mad Men's Season 5 Premiere ...
TVLine
Starz's upcoming series Da Vinci's Demons, which reimagines the Renaissance era artist as a superhero, has cast British actor Tom Riley (Monroe) in the lead role, per Deadline. • ABC has given the green light to 666 Park Ave, a supernatural drama pilot ...

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Zap2it.com (blog)
'Mad Men' gives viewers 'A Little Kiss'; 'Drew Peterson: Untouchable' draws a ...
Zap2it.com (blog)
British actor Tom Riley will play the title role in the series, which imagines Leonardo da Vinci as a kind of Renaissance-era superhero. It's scheduled to premiere in early 2013. [Starz] Mad - Men - Season - 5 - renew . jpg.

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TVbytheNumbers
Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions Cast Tom Riley as Leonardo Da Vinci
TVbytheNumbers
Most recently, Riley starred in the Stephen Poliakoff play, “My City,” at London's Almeida Theatre. On television, he is best known for his role as Laurence Shepherd on ITV's drama series “Monroe,” as well as roles on “Bouquet of Barbed Wire” and “Lost ...

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Cinema Blend
British Actor Tom Riley To Play Leonardo Da Vinco In Starz/BBC Drama Da ...
Cinema Blend
According to Deadline, British actor Tom Riley has been signed on to play Leonardo Da Vinci in the series and from the sound of it, series showrunner David S. Goyer is pleased with the selection: “Given that da Vinci was the model for the 'Renaissance ...

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