The Latest 16th Century Monsters
Move over, Tudors, here come the Borgias! As Showtime’s over-the-top series “The Tudors” heads into its final season, another 16th-century band of monsters is taking the stage. Showtime has announced plans for a new series about the Italian clan. Jeremy Irons (pictured) will play Rodrigo Borgia, the head of a prominent Italian Renaissance family accused of every possible dastardly crime. Showtime says that Neil Jordan (“The Crying Game”) will direct (the pilot, I’m assuming, not the whole series). A spring 2011 premiere.
