Spotnitz’s Masters travel the world

Lux Vide and Big Light Productions’
Medici: Masters of Florence

Broadcasters and streamers in France, Germany, Australia and Japan are among those to have acquired rights to a Renaissance period drama co-created by Frank Spotnitz.

Medici: Masters of Florence, which stars Dustin Hoffman, has been created by Spotnitz (The Man in the High Castle) alongside Nicholas Meyer (Houdini) and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (The Pillars of the Earth).

First-window rights have been picked up by SFR/Altice Group in France and French-speaking Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as Hulu in Japan, Sky in Germany, SBS in Australia, eOne in New Zealand and Sony Pictures Television for Latin America.

Israel’s DBS, VRT in Belgium, Canal+ in Poland, LRT in Lithuania, RTV in Slovenia, RTVS in Slovakia and BTV Bulgaria will also air the show, with deals in the UK and Scandinavia in the pipeline.

Sold by Franco-German producer distributor Wild Bunch TV, Medici has also been picked up by Telefonica/Movistar+ in Spain from European prodco Lux Vide. WME is handling US sales.

The eight-part show is set in Florence in the 15th century and explores the battle for supremacy after a family’s patriarch is found murdered. It will debut on Rai1 in Italy on October 17 and a second season has already been ordered.

The series is being produced by Lux Vide in collaboration with Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions and Wild Bunch.