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Kyle Chandler, Matthew Goode will lead Showtime's 'Vatican'
Sebastian Koch also lands a role in the Ridley Scott-directed pilot
Kyle Chandler
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Showtime has cloistered a trio of actors for its new pilot "The Vatican," with Kyle Chandler, Matthew Goode and Sebastian Koch joining the Ridley Scott-directed drama.
The premium cable network announced on Friday (February 15) that Emmy-winning "Friday Night Lights" star Kyle Chandler will play the pilot's lead role, Cardinal Thomas Duffy, the progressive and enigmatic Archbishop of New York.
The "Early Edition" star has been seen on the big screen this year in "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" and in the Sundance award winner "The Spectacular Now." He'll still always be Coach Taylor to us.
Goode, whose feature credits include "Watchmen," "Match Point" and the upcoming "Stoker," will play Papal Secretary Bernd Koch. He's currently appearing in the BBC's "Dancing on the Edge."
Playing a darker role is "Lives of Others" star Koch, who will be Cardinal Marco Malerba, the Vatican's Secretary of State. Showtime says the character is known as the "dark prince of the Curia."
"Vatican," which comes to Showtime from Sony Pictures Television, was created by Paul Attanasio.
You think with the Pope's resignation and the Vatican's constant presence -- for better or for worse -- in the news, Showtime may feel they can generate buzz around this one?
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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February 15, 2013 at 5:52PM EST Reply to CommentThis looks really interesting. Glad to see Showtime is working on something else for "Homeland" fans to help justify a subscription.
Idea and
February 16, 2013 at 9:38PM EST Reply to CommentAnother serie about men with men central, yuk.
There seem to be less and less great female lead roles,
and there are so many great actresses around.
If they want to do a pope story, there was once a female pope, only once made into a great film, black and white.
That would make a great series, the story behind that female pope in the Middle ages, the position of women then.