“The Leopard” is the new Italian-produced live-action TV series, created by Richard Warlow, adapting the novel “Il Gattopardo’, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, directed by Tom Shankland, Giuseppe Capotondi and Laura Luchetti, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Benedetta Porcaroli, Deva Cassel, Saul Nanni, Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni, and Greta Esposito. streaming in 2025 on Netflix:
“…set against the backdrop of revolution in 1860’s Sicily, ‘Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina’, leads a life surrounded by beauty and privilege.
“As Italy moves towards unification and the old aristocratic order is threatened, he realizes his family's future is in jeopardy. New allegiances must be made, each one a threat to his principles.
“Eventually Fabrizio is faced with an impossible choice. He has the power to engineer a marriage, between the rich & beautiful ‘Angelica’ and his nephew ‘Tancredi’…
“…that could secure his family’s legacy, but doing so he would break his favorite daughter, Concetta’s heart…”
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