Amazon is pushing ahead with another show in its drive to add more original content via its pilot system. The company has an untitled series about 18th century lover Giacomo Casanova in the works with Diego Luna set to play the romantic scoundrel and Jean-Pierre Jeunet on to direct the initial episode.
With Ben Daniels, Miranda Richardson, Bojana Novakovic and Amelia Clarkson also aboard to star, the Casanova series – assuming it makes it past the pilot selection process – will chronicle the life of the renaissance man best known for his philandering ways but who also served as a spy for the French government. The pilot kicks off with him escaping Venice’s most impenetrable prison and moves to Paris with just the shirt on his back, determined to change his ways.
Stu Zicherman has written the first script and Jeunet plans to shoot it soon in Paris, Venice and Hungary. The aim is to have the show ready for streaming later this year on Amazon.
Luna is in post-production on his latest directorial effort, Mr. Pig and has worked the action thriller Blood Father. He’s also attached to The Bad Batch alongside Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey and Jason Momoa.