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ToDa Vincis Demonscreator David S. Goyer, everything is equal when it comes to storytelling.
Everyone is this guy who invaded somewhere, or massacred a bunch of these guys.
Goyer happily adopts whatever Revisionist theories on the life of Leonardo tell the best story.
so thats sort of the historical background of crap thats happening in season two.
And Leonardo is caught in the middle of all that?
Da Vincis in the middle of all of that.
The Chinese were supposedly in America in the tenth and twelfth century.
So, without giving too much away thats part of the fun.
You wont go quite as far asIndiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, though?
Well, were a little bit in that territory!
[laughter] Thats part of the fun, for me.
Now Starz is down with it, now they see what were doing.
Its a little bitChariots Of The Godsand its a little bitCrystal Skull, I guess.
Da Vincis exploits happen in between these big historical milestones.
By his own hand, he claims that was what he was doing for two years.
Part of the fun for me is to use Leonardo as this way to enter all these other worlds.
How much of season two will be set in Florence?
Youve already mentioned Vespucci, are there going to be others?
Bayezid, who was the son of the Sultan and ultimately became Sultan and was running the Ottoman army.
The leader of the Incan Empire, Topa Inca.
Theres Alfonso, who is the King of Naples son.
They dont get along well.
Lorenzo got taken prisoner for three or four months in Naples and almost got killed.
Will Michelangelo be making an appearance?
He will, if were lucky enough, he will show up but he didnt really encounter Leonardo yet.
Does this series follow the model of the first by starting slowly and ramping up?
I would not say that the season begins quietly.
Oddly enough things slow down a little in episode three and then we recalibrate.
We have four or five series regulars that come in in episode three.
Season one ended on a real cliff-hanger between Leonardo and Lorenzo, presumably thats resolved early on?
Its like, Youre my brother.
The idea is Okay, were going to take a stab at combine and save this place.
You started the writers room for season two before it was formally commissioned.
Do you know exactly how things are going to go in the season finale?
Season two, yeah, were writing the tenth episode now, although we know largely what happens.
Well be starting the writers room on season three on November 15thI believe.
I think its the same day that we wrap.
How do you coordinate different directors keeping the same tone and look?
Be in service of what the other person and the whole story needs.
Thats going on today.
David S. Goyer, thank you very much!
Da Vincis Demons premieres on Friday the 4thof April, 10pm on FOX.
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