Exclusively the first official shots from the set of Sandokan, an international event series, produced by Lux Vide, a Fremantle group company, in collaboration with Rai Fiction. From an idea by Luca Bernabei, the series is a new adaptation of the historic saga of novels by Emilio Salgari, developed for television by Alessandro Sermoneta, Scott Rosenbaum and Davide Lantieri, and directed by Jan Maria Michelini and Nicola Abbatangelo. Sandokan it will be broadcast soon on Rai1 and will be distributed worldwide by Fremantle International and in Spain by Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group.
The cast includes Can Yaman, Alanah Bloor, Ed Westwick, Alessandro Preziosi, John Hannah.
Sandokan: the synopsis
Adventure, passion, revolution and love for nature: these are the colors of Sandokan, the event series that brings the immortal character created by Emilio Salgari back to life. The series goes to the roots of a myth, exploring the origins of the Malayan Tiger and chronicling his trajectory from simple adventurer to pirate prince.
In Borneo, a tropical paradise inhabited by the native Dayak tribes, but dominated by the ruthless law of the colonialist English, Sandokan is a pirate who lives from day to day: he fights only for himself and his crew, including his trusty Yanez. But his life changes when during a raid he meets Marianna, the beautiful daughter of the British consul of Labuan. It is the beginning of an impossible love story between two similar souls: Marianna, of European and noble blood, but with the wild spirit of someone who grew up in a tropical paradise, and Sandokan, pirate and adventurer, who without knowing it brings itself the blood of ancient warrior kings. On their trail will be the legendary pirate hunter Lord James Brooke, who will stop at nothing to capture Sandokan and win Marianna’s heart.
The protagonists will fight for themselves and for their love, but they will soon understand that they are part of a much bigger story: that of a people who fight for freedom and for the salvation of uncontaminated nature… And this people, the Dayak, seeks a leader who can save them. For this reason Sandokan will be called upon to be much more than a simple pirate: he will have to become the legendary Tiger of Malaysia.
Can Yaman is Sandokan
Alanah Bloor
Ed Westwick
Alessandro Preziosi
John Hannah
