Spanish broadcaster Rtve and Amazon Prime Video have announced pre-production on “Boundless,” a new four-part historical drama detailing the 16th century global circumnavigation undertaken by Spain’s Juan Sebastián Elcano and Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Simon West is attached to direct, with Mono Films and Kilima Media producing.
500 years ago, the pair left Spain in a bid to prove that the world is not flat, a theory at the time and still a point of contention in certain fringe corners of the internet today, and that alternative trade routes to the “spice islands” were a realistic possibility.
Five ships hosting 239 seamen began the journey, departing from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on Aug. 20, 1519. Three years later, only the Nao Victoria returned, manned by eight sickly and starving sailors, including Juan Sebastián Elcano. Magellan had been killed during an attempt to forcibly convert Philippine natives to Christianity in April 1521.
“Boundless” will track the...
Simon West is attached to direct, with Mono Films and Kilima Media producing.
500 years ago, the pair left Spain in a bid to prove that the world is not flat, a theory at the time and still a point of contention in certain fringe corners of the internet today, and that alternative trade routes to the “spice islands” were a realistic possibility.
Five ships hosting 239 seamen began the journey, departing from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on Aug. 20, 1519. Three years later, only the Nao Victoria returned, manned by eight sickly and starving sailors, including Juan Sebastián Elcano. Magellan had been killed during an attempt to forcibly convert Philippine natives to Christianity in April 1521.
“Boundless” will track the...
- 2/20/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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