John Turturro Joins ‘Live From Mount Olympus’ Scripted Podcast
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Scripted podcast Live from Mount Olympus has added John Turturro to its cast. The series, which was created by Julie Burstein and comes from the Onassis Foundation and PRX, tells the stories of stories of Greek myths.
The season will dramatize the story of Atalanta, who is abandoned at birth in the deep forest, where all expect her to perish.
Instead, she’s adopted by a mama bear, who raises her as her own. As Atalanta grows, she knows she is loved but senses that she is different—she doesn’t look like her brother and sister, she runs on two legs faster than they can on four, she has no fur of her own.
But if she’s not a bear, then what is she? Artemis teaches the bear girl how to hunt, Athena teaches her the finer points of human society, and Atalanta becomes a skilled archer, ready for adventure.
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