Today in Paris Netflix Hosted a press Conference Where Announcements Have Been Made in Support of Marco Polo, the Crown and Marseille

The Crown

The Crown, the highly anticipated, new original series will premiere on Netflix, the world's leading Internet TV network, to a global audience on Friday, November 4, 2016. The 10-episode series will be available in 4K.

Check out the date announcement here: https://youtu.be/-sKVIVTSCFU. Prepare to be welcomed into the coveted world of power and privilege and behind locked doors in Westminster and Buckingham Palace....the leaders of an empire await.

The Crown reunites acclaimed writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) with director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and producer Andy Harries (The Queen). Based on the award-winning play, The Audience, The Crown tells the inside story of Queen Elizabeth IIs early reign, revealing the personal intrigues, romances, and political rivalries behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th Century.

The Crown stars Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, Matt Smith as Prince Phillip, John Lithgow as Sir Winston Churchill, Victoria Hamilton as the Queen Mother, Jared Harris as King George VI, Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret and Dame Eileen Atkins as Queen Mary, among others.

Series Description: A Netflix original series, The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne....a new era is dawning. Peter Morgans masterfully researched scripts reveal the Queens private journey behind the public facade with daring frankness. Prepare to be welcomed into the coveted world of power and privilege and behind locked doors in Westminster and Buckingham Palace....the leaders of an empire await.

For more information in the coming months on #TheCrown follow @TheCrownNetflix on Twitter and on Facebook at www.fb.com/TheCrownNetflix

Marco Polo

An empire will burn. Netflix is pleased to announce that the second season of its epic action adventure series Marco Polo will launch globally on July 1, 2016. The series will be available in 4K.

Check out the date announcement here: https://youtu.be/Zf1VlpYhaMg

The 10 episode series, created by John Fusco, stars Lorenzo Richelmy (Marco Polo), Michelle Yeoh (the Handmaiden), Benedict Wong (Kublai Khan), Joan Chen (Empress Chabi), Zhu Zhu (Kokachin), Tom Wu (Hundred Eyes), Olivia Cheng (Mei Lin), Claudia Kim (Khutulun), Rick Yune (Kaidu), Remy Hii (Prince Jingim), Mahesh Jadu (Ahmad) and Uli Latukefu (Byamba) among others.

Series description: In a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, Marco Polo, is based on the famed explorers adventures in Kublai Khans court in 13th Century China.

John Fusco, who wrote the Academy-Award nominated feature Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is executive producer and showrunner along with Dan Minahan, whose previous work includes Homeland and Game of Thrones, with Patrick Macmanus, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and Elizabeth Sarnoff as executive producers.

Marco Polo is produced by The Weinstein Company for Netflix.

The complete first season of Marco Polo Season 1 is available for members to watch instantly on Netflix. For more information on Marco Polo, please visit Netflix.com/marcopolo and the official social pages:

Twitter: @MarcoPoloMP (https://twitter.com/marcopolomp), #MarcoPolo

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarcoPoloMP

Instagram: www.instagram.com/marcopolomp/

Marseille

Netflix releases an exclusive cast shot from the upcoming original series Marseille. Download here

Marseille will launch globally on May 5, 2016 at 12.01am CET. As the municipal elections approach in Marseille, Robert Taro, the citys Mayor for the last twenty years, prepares his last coup: push through the vote for the construction of a casino in the historic center of the Marina. Nothing has been left to chance, and his successor, Lucas Barr s, is already designated.

But the latters all-consuming ambition and the secret interests of the citys leaders, whether they come from its opulent villas or from the cities of the northern suburbs, impede the Mayors plans. The race for Mayor becomes a power struggle where no holds are barred. Only one question arises: how far will they go?

Magnificent and hypnotic city that leaves nobody indifferent, Marseille unleashes the greatest passions and inevitably the worst crimes.

Marseille. To conquer it, they are willing to destroy it.

The cast includes G rard Depardieu (Robert Taro), Beno t Magimel (Lucas Barr s), G raldine Pailhas (Rachel Taro), Nadia Far s (Vanessa d'Abrant s), St phane Caillard (Julia), Jean-Ren Privat (Cosini), Guillaume Arnault (Eric), Hedi Bouchenafa (Farid), Carolina Jurczak (Barbara), and Nassim Si Ahmed (Selim).

Marseille is written by Dan Franck who serves as Executive Producer. Florent Siri ( Cloclo'), director of episodes 1-4, also serves as Executive Producer. Thomas Gilou is the director of episodes 5-8.

Marseille is produced by Paris-based Federation Entertainment, led by Pascal Breton, producer of the hit French series Dolmen and Sous le Soleil.

For more information in the coming months on Marseille follow @MarseilleSerie on Twitter and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MarseilleNetflix/

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