Trailer For Netflix's TROY: FALL OF A CITY - "An Epic Story of Love and War, Intrigue and Betrayal"
The epic story of the Trojan War is being retold in a new series at Netflix called Troy: Fall of a City. It looks like they are taking a Game of Thrones style approach to telling this legendary story.
The tale of the Trojan War has been told many times over the years, the most famous account is Homer's The Iliad. But, I'm sure many of you also remember Wolfgang Peterson’s Troy, which starred Brad Pitt. I think I enjoyed that film more than most people. It has some cool stuff in it.
Now, we have this new series which follows the story of when the prince of Troy, Paris, elopes with the queen of Sparta, Helen. Here's the synopsis:
An epic story of love and war, intrigue and betrayal. When Helen and Paris fall in love, they trigger a chain of events that threatens their families and the city of Troy. The myths surrounding the Trojan War are over 3,000 years old but have emotional depths and timeless themes of identity, love, revenge and belonging. Troy: Fall of a City grounds these primal myths in vivid psychological truth and explores the universal questions of human existence- how people battle to retain their love and humanity amidst the chaos and devastation of war.
Troy: Fall of a City is a BBC series that has already aired in the UK, but Netflix has picked it up and branding it as a Netflix Original like they do with so many other shows from the BBC.
Troy: Fall of a City series stars Louis Hunter, Bella Dayne, David Threlfall, Frances O’Connor, Tom Weston-Jones, Joseph Mawle, Chloe Pirrie and Johnny Harris. There are six episodes total and all of them will be released on Netflix April 6, 2018.