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Marco Polo
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★ 7.4Set in a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, this lavish drama series follows explorer Marco Polo's adventures in the 13th century.
- Aired
- 2014–2016
- Seasons
- 2 · 20 episodes
- Status
- Canceled
- Created by
- John Fusco
- Network
- Netflix
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Historical drama , Adventure
- Created by
- John Fusco
- Starring
- Lorenzo Richelmy Benedict Wong Joan Chen Rick Yune Amr Waked Remy Hii Zhu Zhu Tom Wu Mahesh Jadu Olivia Cheng Uli Latukefu Chin Han Pierfrancesco Favino Ron Yuan Claudia Kim Jacqueline Chan Leonard Wu Thomas Chaanhing Chris Pang Gabriel Byrne Michelle Yeoh
- Theme music composer
- Daniele Luppi
- Composers
- Peter Nashel Eric V. Hachikian
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 20 + 1 special
- Executive producers
- Daniel Minahan John Fusco Harvey Weinstein Peter Friedlander Bob Weinstein Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg Dave Erickson Ben Silverman Chris Grant Elizabeth Sarnoff Blair Fetter Patrick Macmanus David C. Glasser
- Producers
- Richard Sharkey Brett Conrad Collin Creighton Bruce Marshall Romans
- Production locations
- Malaysia Kazakhstan Hungary Italy Slovakia
- Cinematography
- Romain Lacourbas Vanja Černjul Xavier Grobet Gavin Struthers
- Running time
- 46–65 minutes 28 minutes (special)
- Production companies
- The Weinstein Company TV Electus Netflix Originals
- Budget
- $200 million
- Network
- Netflix
- Release
- December 12, 2014 ( 2014-12-12 ) –, July 1, 2016 ( 2016-07-01 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Marco Polo is an American drama television series inspired by Marco Polo's early years in the court of Kublai Khan, the Khagan of the Mongol Empire and the founder of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). The show premiered on Netflix on December 12, 2014. The series was created by John Fusco and stars Lorenzo Richelmy in the title role, with Benedict Wong as Kublai Khan. It was produced by The Weinstein Company. On January 7, 2015, Marco Polo was renewed by Netflix for a 10-episode second season, which premiered on July 1, 2016.
On December 12, 2016, Netflix announced that they had canceled Marco Polo after two seasons. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the two seasons resulted in a $200 million loss for Netflix, and the decision to cancel was jointly taken by Netflix and The Weinstein Company.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marco Polo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.