Marco Polo is the true story of "the world's greatest storyteller, an epic and cinematic adventure of high politics, masterful manipulation and deadly warfare." The nine-episode series will chronicle the famed explorer's journey during his early years in the court of Kublai Khan. Action will focus on the brutal war between two 13th century China empires.

Producers originally planned to shoot Marco Polo in China, but insiders say the production will now be filmed elsewhere.

Marco Polo was originally developed at Weinstein, which hired Fusco to write the script and then brought Electus on board. Weinstein's Harvey and Bob Weinstein, as well as Electus' Ben Silverman, are also executive producers.

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Marco Polo, a “martial arts-filled adventure series” for Netflix.

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Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy stars as the title character in Marco Polo, which has begun filming in Venice before moving on to Kazakhstan and the new Pinewood Studios in Malaysia.

The cast also includes England’s Benedict Wong (Prometheus), China’s Zhu Zhu (Cloud Atlas), Hong Kong-born and London-raised Tom Wu (Skyfall), Aussie Remy Hii (Treading Water) and Washington, D.C. native Rick Yune (Olympus Has Fallen).

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