Antonio Banderas to Star in Studiocanal’s ‘The Monster of Florence’ From Nicolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen (EXCLUSIVE)
Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) is set to star in Studiocanal’s ”The Monster of Florence,” a six-hour limited series based on The New York Times bestseller “The Monster Of Florence: A True Story” by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi.“The Monster of Florence” relates the extraordinary real life investigation carried out by American fiction writer Preston and Italian crime reporter Spezi into what Studiocanal describes as “one of the most riveting and notorious serial murder cases in European history. Banderas will play Spezi.Denmark’s Nikolaj Arcel, Academy Award nominated for “A Royal Affair,” will direct from scripts written with Anders Thomas Jensen, who penned the screenplay for Susanne Blier’s Oscar winner “In a Better World.” Arcel