The Young Pope - Blu-rays, DVDs for HBO's New Show Starring Jude Law and Diane Keaton Originally planned as 'An HBO Limited Series,' a second season of the show is now in-the-works!
Posted by David Lambert	3/14/2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Stellar cast...Spectacular looking drama" - Variety THE YOUNG POPE Available On Blu-ray and DVD June 6, 2017 New York, N.Y., March 14, 2017 - Starring two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law and Academy Award winner Diane Keaton, the "superb" (Rolling Stone) HBO limited series The Young Pope is yours to own on Blu-ray and DVD June 6th, 2017. The series, which delves in to the life of a newly elected pope (Law) - the youngest in history and first-ever American - whose audacity, independence and arch-conservatism wreaks havoc within the Vatican. Heralded by critics as "dazzling, riveting" (TV Guide), The Young Pope on Blu-ray and DVD includes all ten episodes of the limited series, and three special features including an exclusive new "The Making of The Young Pope" featurette. The Blu-ray and DVD release also include a free Digital Download copy. From Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Paolo Sorrentino, the ten-episode limited series The Young Pope tells the fictional story of Lenny Belardo, a.k.a. Pius XIII, the first-ever American Pope and the youngest elected by the College of Cardinals. At first glance, Lenny's selection over older and more experienced clerics - in particular Cardinal Spencer, a fellow American and Lenny's mentor - seems part of a simple media strategy by Vatican elders, who no doubt expect the new Pope to toe the line and follow their lead. Instead, Pius XIII eschews the counsel of the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Voiello, and enlists the woman who raised him, Sister Mary, to be his chief confidante. To the chagrin of Voiello and the PR reps who would market the handsome and charming young Pope, Lenny refuses to allow himself to be photographed, and he announces a series of severe, hardline initiatives that confound the Vatican status quo. The Young Pope paints a portrait of a mysterious, complicated man fully aware of the contradictions and consequences of being the conservative leader of a billion followers in a changing world - but unwilling to bend in the execution of his duties. The ensemble cast includes Jude Law (Lenny Belardo), Diane Keaton (Sister Mary), Scott Shepherd (Cardinal Dussolier), James Cromwell (Cardinal Spencer), Ludivine Sagnier (Esther), Silvio Orlando (Cardinal Voiello), Cécile De France (Sofia), Javier Cámara (Monsignor Bernardo Alonso Gutierrez), Toni Bertorelli (Cardinal Caltanissetta), and more. All 10 episodes are directed and edited by Paolo Sorrentino, co-writer and director of The Great Beauty and winner of an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2014. The Young Pope: The Complete First Season Blu-ray & DVD Street Date: June 6, 2017 Rating: TV-MA Runtime: Approx. 600 minutes About HBO Home Entertainment HBO Home Entertainment develops, distributes and markets an extensive array of critically-acclaimed and groundbreaking programs in three formats-Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD-throughout the world. Releases include the global hit Game of Thrones, the #1 selling TV on DVD/Blu-ray title in major territories throughout the world over the past four years, in addition to current hits and classic favorites including True Detective, Girls, The Sopranos, Sex and the City True Blood, The Wire and Entourage. The company's catalog contains hundreds of titles including multiple Emmy Award-winning mini-series The Pacific and Band of Brothers, which holds the record through 2014 as the all-time best selling TV on DVD/Blu-ray title in the US; provocative programs from HBO Documentary Films including The Jinx: The Life & Deaths of Robert Durst and The Case Against 8; innovative movies from HBO Films including Game Change and The Normal Heart; hit Cinemax original series including Banshee and Strike Back; and comedy specials featuring stand-up performers like Bill Maher and Billy Crystal. Launched in 1984, HBO Home Entertainment has offices in New York, London and Toronto. The company's releases are sold in more than 70 territories around the world and are digitally distributed on a transactional basis across an expanding number of territories and platforms.