Filming Wraps on Leonardo da Vinci Drama

Leonardo, starring Aidan Turner (Poldark, The Hobbit) as Leonardo da Vinci, has wrapped after being one of the first major productions to resume during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filming of the series restarted on June 15 and was one of the first major Italian and international productions to resume right after the pandemic, implementing rigorous health and safety protocols. At nearly 20,000 square meters, the set is currently one of the largest backlots in Western Europe, which took almost five months to reconstruct by the production in the studios of Lux Vide in Formello.

The drama is produced by Lux Vide with RAI Fiction and Big Light Productions, in association with France Télévisions and RTVE, and co-produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It is the first Italian production to receive the backing of pan-European co-production initiative The Alliance, created last year by the major European pubcasters, RAI, France Télévisions and ZDF.

The series was created by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle) and Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Doctor Who) and directed by Dan Percival (The Man in the High Castle, The Mysteries of Pemberley) and Alexis Sweet (Don Matteo, Back to the Island).