Premiering tonight is the NBC event series A.D. executive produced by Mark Burnett & Roma Downey and starring Juan Pablo di Pace, Vincent Regan, Greta Scacchi, Aniss Elkohen, Richard Coyle, Babou Ceesay, Chipo Chung, Cesare Taurasi and Adam Levy. Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) and Lorne Balfe (Home, Penguins of Madagascar) have composed the music for the 12-parter. To learn more about the mini-series, which is a sequel to 2013’s The Bible, which was also scored by Zimmer & Balfe, check out our previous news article. A.D. will air every Sunday night on NBC.
Also premiering tonight is the new NBC drama American Odyssey created by Peter Horton and starring Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli, Jake Robinson, Jim True-Forst, Treat Williams, Nate Mooney, Elena Kampouris, Daniella Pineda, Sadie Sink, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Omar Ghazaoui. The show’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, Hatfield & McCoys). For more information about the series, which revolves around a potential international conspiracy, in which Al Qaeda terrorists are receiving covert funding from a major American corporation, check out our scoring assignment announcement. American Odyssey will air every Sunday night on NBC.
