Paolo Sorrentino Creating ‘Young Pope’ Follow-Up, ‘The New Pope’
Rome – Lenny Belardo, the tormented American pontiff played by Jude Law in Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope,” is pope no more.
HBO and Sky have teamed up on “The New Pope,” a new limited series to be directed by Sorrentino that will not be a second season of “The Young Pope.” The show will be “set in the world of the modern papacy,” but HBO and Sky declined to release further details of the story.
The screenplay for “The New Pope” is being written by Sorrentino (pictured) and his frequent Italian co-writer Paolo Contarello, who was also a co-writer on “Young Pope,” according to a brief statement issued by HBO and Sky.
Plans are for “The New Pope” to go into production in Italy in late 2018. Casting for the show, including the title role, will start soon, the statement said.
“Just like ‘The Young Pope,’ Sorrentino is writing the script for the new show, but...
HBO and Sky have teamed up on “The New Pope,” a new limited series to be directed by Sorrentino that will not be a second season of “The Young Pope.” The show will be “set in the world of the modern papacy,” but HBO and Sky declined to release further details of the story.
The screenplay for “The New Pope” is being written by Sorrentino (pictured) and his frequent Italian co-writer Paolo Contarello, who was also a co-writer on “Young Pope,” according to a brief statement issued by HBO and Sky.
Plans are for “The New Pope” to go into production in Italy in late 2018. Casting for the show, including the title role, will start soon, the statement said.
“Just like ‘The Young Pope,’ Sorrentino is writing the script for the new show, but...
- 5/16/2017
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety - TV News
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