The New Pope - First official photo

Wednesday 9 January 2019

Jude Law and John Malkovich in the Sky, HBO and CANAL+ original co-production, The New Pope, created and directed by Academy Award®  winning director Paolo Sorrentino.

The first official image from Sky, HBO and CANAL+ original co-production, The New Pope, has been revealed, featuring two-time Academy Award® nominees Jude Law and John Malkovich.

All eight episodes are being directed by Academy Award® winning director Paolo Sorrentino, director, among others, of “The Great Beauty” and "The Young Pope".

The cast features two-time Academy Award® nominees Jude Law and John Malkovich, returning cast from The Young Pope including Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Maurizio Lombardi. New cast joining the limited series are Henry Goodman, Ulrich Thomsen, Mark Ivanir and Massimo Ghini.

The New Pope is written by Paolo Sorrentino with Umberto Contarello and Stefano Bises and marks Sorrentino’s second limited series set in the world of the modern papacy.

The New Pope, an original production of SKY-HBO-CANAL + is produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Wildside and co-produced by Haut et Court TV and Mediapro. Fremantle will act as the global distributor for The New Pope.

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