Marco Polo’s Chinese exploration lasted for more than two decades. Perhaps, this is why the producers behind the new Netflix series “Marco Polo” opted to use such glacial pacing when adapting the ...

"Marco Polo," the big-budget saga with occasional references to the real-life 13th-century Italian merchant who hung out with Kublai Khan, is action-packed, compelling and filled with intrigue and sex ...

Editors note: While diversity in casting is increasingly front and center, there’s evidence of a reward in greater viewership. Take Netflix‘s Marco Polo, the John Fusco-created historical drama that ...

Gullible media types have billed “Marco Polo” as Netflix’s possible answer to “Game of Thrones.” The more logical comparisons would be a thematic one to “Shogun” — that splendid miniseries of ...

From left, Benedict Wong, Uli Latukefu and Lorenzo Richelmy in a battle scene from Netflix’s historical drama “Marco Polo.” Phil Bray for Netflix International sagas such as HBO’s “Game of Thrones” ...

She joins Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong and Zhu Zhu. John Fusco and Harvey Weinstein are executive producing the Weinstein Co. drama and “Kon-Tiki” helmers Joachim Ronning & Espen Sandberg are ...

EXCLUSIVE: If you are a major agency and you wait for an actor to be discovered before signing him, it’s too late. UTA emerged from a competitive situation to sign Lorenzo Richelmy, who is playing the ...

Starz has journeyed back to Rome and Camelot with a couple of their original series, and now the cable network is heading into the past again for Marco Polo, a new epic series about the legendary 13th ...

Marco Polo takes a look at globalization, 13th-century style, with a martial-arts twist. The 10-episode Netflix drama (available Friday, 3:01 a.m. ET/12:01 PT), the streaming service's first original ...

This is a full, non-spoiler review for all 10 episodes of Marco Polo: Season 2, now available on Netflix. For those who've already binged the entire season and want to read my thoughts about the way ...

The drama, created by John Fusco, was originally developed for Starz and will premiere in late 2014. "Kon-Tiki" directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg will direct alongside Dan Minahan, who also ...