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Marco Polo Brings Mongol Empire To Netflix (Netflix New Original Series Alert)
BBC News ^ | 12/12/2014 | Genevieve Hassan

Posted on 12/12/2014 5:43:23 PM PST by goldstategop

Following on from the success of its original dramas House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Netflix is banking on its next series, Marco Polo, being a similar hit.

The adventures of famed explorer Marco Polo in 13th Century China are being told in a new series for Netflix.

Set in Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan's court and with a rumoured $90m (£57m) budget, its epic nature, battle scenes and sexual content has inevitably drawn comparisons to Game of Thrones - although creator John Fusco points out Polo's books came first.

Starring British actor Benedict Wong as Kublai and unknown Italian star Lorenzo Richelmy - who had to learn English while on the job - as the explorer, the drama was filmed on location in Kazakhstan and a purpose-built set in Malaysia.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bbcnews; cableseries; marcopolo; netflix; originalseries; tvprograms; tvseries
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To: goldstategop

I cut the cable cord last July, saving $150+++ per month. I now have free local HD TV, & netflix at about 8bucks a month with plenty of choices to make when I want to watch. I’m looking forward to Marco Polo.


21 posted on 12/12/2014 8:35:08 PM PST by Whitebread
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To: Veto!

I knew a cousin of his and he said Richard was a very generous, likeable guy, but very private about his personal life. Somewhat understandable given the way Hollywood was before “coming out” was the norm. Hell, we didn’t know Rock Hudson was gay until right before he died of AIDS.

CC


22 posted on 12/12/2014 11:55:10 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Tagline Constructon zone- low humor ahead)
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To: Celtic Conservative

” Hell, we didn’t know Rock Hudson was gay until right before he died of AIDS.”

There were rumors in the tabloids back in 1971 but nothing in the ‘legitimate’ press. I worked for someone whose uncle was an LA vice cop and got to hear what didn’t make the papers.


23 posted on 12/13/2014 12:13:30 AM PST by Pelham (Treason, not just for Democrats anymore)
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To: Pelham

After the fact the LA press said it was kinda an open secret in their community but the studios must’ve leaned on ‘em to keep it quiet.


24 posted on 12/13/2014 12:23:01 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Tagline Constructon zone- low humor ahead)
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To: goldstategop

I’m getting a Netflix account, if only to watch new episodes of Longmire.


25 posted on 12/13/2014 12:26:48 AM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: goldstategop

Is it PC like most stuff today


26 posted on 12/13/2014 12:45:58 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: ncpatriot

If GOT is new benchmark for too much sex...the bar just got raised a few metres


27 posted on 12/13/2014 12:47:45 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Shoot

In late 60s as boy we knew about Rock Hudson

Rumour was he and Jim Majors

Not true but both cakeboys fo shizzle

More true than Rod Stewarts tummy full of tadpoles or Danny Thomas as scat fetish perv


28 posted on 12/13/2014 12:51:17 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Well we didn’t know at the time it was rumor in Hollywood
I knew he was gay even before that LOL!


29 posted on 12/13/2014 9:15:43 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Whitebread

Don’t forget for OTA TV if you get following Dignet channel like Antenna TV, Metv, Cozi TV Gettv Grit TV Movies tv network you got it all LOL!


30 posted on 12/13/2014 9:17:03 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: wardaddy

Jim Neighbors.


31 posted on 12/14/2014 10:29:35 PM PST by Pelham (Treason, not just for Democrats anymore)
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To: wardaddy

Lol. I guess I should have spelled his name right myself.. Jim Nabors.


32 posted on 12/14/2014 10:31:06 PM PST by Pelham (Treason, not just for Democrats anymore)
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To: Pelham

My androids Google typing keyboard app has a self correcting facet that is frustrating


33 posted on 12/14/2014 11:50:16 PM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: wardaddy

“My androids Google typing keyboard app has a self correcting facet that is frustrating”

Motel 6 has been running a great Tom Bodett radio spot based on the hated spell corrector.


34 posted on 12/14/2014 11:53:25 PM PST by Pelham (Treason, not just for Democrats anymore)
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To: goldstategop

Borat part II


35 posted on 12/14/2014 11:54:49 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Pelham

If he had the IPhone with smart light bulbs

He could turn the lights off

From anywhere he’s got 3g III or better on the planet


36 posted on 12/15/2014 8:40:17 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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