#TUT ON SPIKE TV SERIES#
“Tut” - Spike TV’s first scripted series in eight years (since “The Kill Point”) - will be shot in Morocco and Canada this fall. The six-hour series will tell the story of the legendary young pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1332 BC to 1323 BC, tracing his rise to power amidst scheming advisors, friends and lovers. In “Tut,” the Canadian actor will star opposite Ben Kingsley, who was previously cast in the role of “Ay,” the Grand Vizier to King Tutankhamun who wields tremendous power and influence. ‘Tut’ Boss on Exploring the Ancient World With Spike, Possible Second Season 'We had to make 800 shields, 1,000 spears, 15,000 arrows,' EP David Von Ancken tells THR. Jogia previously starred in the ABC Family drama “Twisted” and will next be seen in the upcoming film “Ten Thousand Saints” with Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch, Asa Butterfield, Ethan Hawke, and Emily Mortimer.
#TUT ON SPIKE TV TV#
Spike TV has cast 22-year-old Avan Jogia as the Egyptian boy-king in its upcoming event series “Tut,” which will premiere next year. Premier Boxing Champions will survive end of Spike TV deal Horror show: 'The Mist' offers King-size chills Spike TV's Twitter account goes 'rogue' ahead of rebranding That is totally fine with me, because right now, Tut seems like an epic, Game of Thrones-like miniseries, complete with a giant pyramid.Rebranded Paramount Network is gunning for TV dominance So what we'll see in Tut will be accurate for his life as a Pharaoh, but from there, it will head into historical fiction. That is also something we don't really know today, and there continues to be wide speculation as to just how he died. A good chunk of Tut will also revolve around trying to figure out who killed Tut, or if it was just completely an accident. Seeing as how Tut lived in the 1300s, there's not a whole lot we know about his life, even after decoding all the hieroglyphs in his tomb, and running scientific testing on his mummy artifacts. However, we have always tried to stay 'historically accurate' within the world we created. Spike ’s scripted miniseries Tut, dubbed by the network as its most ambitious project to date, opened to 1.7 million viewers on Sunday, according to Nielsen estimates. Number two: It just wouldn't be dramatic enough for a movie. Number one: There's too much we don't know. As far as the balance between history and fact, I have always maintained that it would be impossible to do a dramatic retelling of Tut based on absolute fact. And as for how much it will really rely on the true events of Tut's life, executive producer/writer Michael Vickerman is going to take some liberties, as he explained to Biography. The miniseries picks up following Tut's death, and then brings us back in time to show us the events leading up to it. We're going to see all of this happen in Tut, but not quite in that order. Following Tut's death (oh spoiler alert I guess, but you should remember that from school, OK?), Ay took over the throne. Ay was basically the Pharaoh's adviser, and didn't just help out Tut during his rule, but a few Pharaohs before him as well. Los Angeles Times Television Critic Ben Kingsley is the selling point of Tut, Spike’s three-part miniseries about the pharaoh formerly known as Tutankhamen, which premieres Sunday. The character that Kingsly plays, Ay, really did exist, so already that's one point in the accuracy column. He was also 10 years old at the time he became Pharaoh. Avan Jogia has langed the title role in the upcoming event series Tut, the network announced Tuesday. Tut, or Tutankhamun, held his throne as Pharaoh from 1332 to 1323 B.C.E. Twisted’s Avan Jogia Lands Lead Role in Spike TV’s Tut. To know that, you first have to recall the actual story. The miniseries has solid names attached to it and seems to bring some Hollywood flair to the ancient tale, but just how accurate is Tut? No, Kingsley plays another character named Ay, and the role of King Tut falls to Avan Jogia, who starred in ABC Family's Twisted. It stars Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, but he doesn't play the ancient pharaoh of Egypt. On Sunday night, Spike rolls out its three-night miniseries, Tut.
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