Those About to Die (TV series)

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Genre
Based onThose About to Die
by Daniel P. Mannix
Written by Robert Rodat
Directed by
Starring
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Germany
  • Italy
Original languages
  • English
  • Italian
  • German
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
Original release
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ReleaseJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)

Those About to Die is an epic sword-and-sandal television series developed by Robert Rodat and directed by Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner. The Daniel P. Mannix book-adapted-into-TV series premiered on July 18, 2024, on Peacock with all 10 episodes, [1] and internationally on Amazon Prime Video on July 19, 2024. The series title references the Latin greeting made to the Emperor at the games, Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant , or "Hail Emperor, those about to die salute you". [2]

Contents

Premise

The series chronicles the world of gladiators in Ancient Rome.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected by [3] Written by [4] Original release date
11"Rise or Die" Roland Emmerich Robert Rodat July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
22"Trust None"Roland EmmerichRobert RodatJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
33"Death's Door"Roland EmmerichRobert RodatJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
44"Fool's Bet" Marco Kreuzpaintner Charles HollandJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
55"Betrayal"Marco KreuzpaintnerAlex CarmedelleJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
66"Blood Relation"Marco KreuzpaintnerEva Gonzalez SzigrisztJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
77"Death's Bed"Marco KreuzpaintnerJill RobiJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
88"All or Nothing"Marco KreuzpaintnerMarissa LestradeJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
99"The Die Is Cast"Roland EmmerichRobert RodatJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
1010"Let the Games Begin"Roland EmmerichRobert RodatJuly 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)

Production

It was announced in July 2022 that Peacock had issued a series order for the project, which will be written by Robert Rodat and directed by Roland Emmerich. The series has a budget of $140 million, and was expected to begin production in early 2023. [5]

In January 2023, Anthony Hopkins was cast. [6] Dimitri Leonidas, Gabriella Pession, Lorenzo Richelmy and Tom Hughes were cast in February, with Marco Kreuzpaintner joining Emmerich as a director. [7] Production began at Cinecittà in Rome in March with additional casting announced including Iwan Rheon, who was cast to replace Richelmy. [8]

Reception

The series has a 59% rating on rotten tomatoes indicating a mixed or average rating.

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