Leonardo (2021 TV series)

Leonardo
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Frank Spotnitz Steve Thompson
Directed by	Dan Percival Alexis Sweet
Starring	Aidan Turner Matilda De Angelis James D'Arcy Alessandro Sperduti Robin Renucci Gabriel Lo Giudice Josafat Vagni Massimo De Santis Giancarlo Giannini Freddie Highmore Carlos Cuevas Giovanni Scifoni
Composer	John Paesano
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Frank Spotnitz Steve Thompson Luca Bernabei Matilde Bernabei Freddie Highmore
Running time	52 minutes
Production companies	Lux Vide Big Light Productions Rai Fiction Sony Pictures Television France Télévisions RTVE Alfresco Pictures
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23) – present
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Leonardo is a historical drama television series created by Frank Spotnitz and Steve Thompson. The series was produced by Italian Lux Vide in collaboration with Rai Fiction, Sony Pictures Entertainment, with Frank Spotnitz's Big Light Productions and Freddie Highmore's Alfresco Pictures in association with France Télévisions and RTVE.^[1]

The series recounts Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary life through the works that made him famous and through the stories hidden within those works, revealing little by little the inner torments of a man obsessed with attaining perfection.

In March 2021, it was announced that Leonardo would return for a second season.^[2]

In October 2022 news emerged that Lux Vide, which made the renewal announcement, have been acquired by the Fremantle group.^[3]