Empire | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Written by | Sara B. Cooper Chip Johannessen |
Directed by | John Gray Kim Manners |
Starring | Santiago Cabrera Vincent Regan Emily Blunt James Frain Jonathan Cake |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Production locations | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
Production companies | Storyline Entertainment Touchstone Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | June 28 July 26, 2005 | –
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Empire is an American historical television series for ABC. It is a historical drama set in 44 BC Rome and covers the struggle of a young Octavius (Santiago Cabrera), the nephew and heir of Julius Caesar, to become the first emperor of Rome. Octavius is helped in his quest by a fictitious gladiator called Tyrannus (Jonathan Cake).
The series, filmed entirely in Rome and South Central Italy, was directed by John Gray and Kim Manners, and was produced by Carrie Henderson and Nick Gillott (episodes 4 and 6). It was written by Sara B. Cooper, Chip Johannessen, Tom Wheeler, and William Wheeler.