SKY KICKS OFF PRODUCTION FOR THE SECOND SEASON “DEVILS”

The global financial thriller, based on the bestseller "The Devils" by Guido Maria Brera, is produced by Sky Italia and Lux Vide in collaboration with Sky Studios, and will air on NOW in the UK, Ireland, and Italy, and on Sky Ticket in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

23 APR 2021

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Sky 's second series production of Sky Original "Devils," will soon be accessible in Rome. Filming for the show will begin in both, Rome and London. Distributed by NBCUniversal Global Distribution on behalf of Sky Studios, the first series has sold in more than 160 territories. 

The international financial thriller is produced by Sky Italia and Lux Vide in collaboration with Sky Studios, Orange Studio and OCS. The eight episode second series will be directed by Nick Hurran and Jan Maria Michelini, with Frank Spotnitz, James Dormer, Naomi Gibney and Caroline Henry contributing as writers.  In the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria, the series will debut on Sky Atlantic. In the UK, Ireland and Italy, it will also be available on streaming service NOW, as well as Sky Ticket devices in Germany, Sky X in Austria and Sky Show in Switzerland. International sales for "Devils" will be handled by NBCUniversal Global Distribution on behalf of Sky Studios.

Massimo, now NYL bank’s new CEO, has appointed a group of Chinese investors to the board who are waging a silent war against the United States to rule over the tech sector. Acquisition after acquisition, Massimo will discover a pattern where the data of millions of people is collected, used and fought over by the two sides. Becoming NYL’s strongest opponent is Massimo's old mentor: Dominic Morgan. Progressively Massimo becomes aware of this silent battle, but it will be in 2020 when the global pandemic hits that this war will come into the light and Massimo will finally have to choose which side to take. 

 Alessandro Borghi will form part of the cast, playing Massimo Ruggero, as well as Malachi Kirby, Pia Mechler, Paul Chowdhry and Harry Michell, playing the Pirates, Massimo Ruggero’s most loyal team of traders, and Lars Mikkelsen as Robert Duval, the founder of Subterranea currently in jail. Based on the bestseller "The Devils" by Guido Maria Brera and told through fictional characters and fragments of reality, the series tells the story of an underground finance war in the Western world. Othe cast members include Li Jun Li playing Wu Zhi, NYL new head of trading; Joel de la Fuente as Li Wei Cheng, Chinese investor member of the board of directors of the NYL; and Clara Rosanger as Nadya Wojcik

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