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In Italy, on Sky Atlantic from April 17 debuts the international financial thriller series Devils (ita. Diavoli). Produced by Lux Vide, Orange Studio, Sky Italia and Sky Studios, the series is distributed internationally by NBCUniversal Global Distribution. It is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Guido Maria Brera and on April 15, before the premiere, the series has been renewed for a second season.

The series unspools in the London-based offices of a major U.S. bank, around the time of the 2008 financial crisis. Massimo Ruggero (played by “Suburra’s” Alessandro Borghi) is a young, handsome banker from Italy and the company’s fastest rising star. On a winning streak that most stockbrokers could only dream of, he generates hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for his employers and seems nailed on for a promotion to vice-CEO. His ascent is thrown off the rails, however, when a scandal involving his drug-addicted wife threatens to ruin everything, forcing the company’s U.S.-based CEO Dominic Morgan (played by Patrick Dempsey), to withdraw his support for the young executive. Things go from bad to worse when Morgan suddenly dies, leaving the now-ostracized Ruggero as the prime suspect. From there, Ruggero must work with his team to clear his name and eventually uncovers a vast, politically motivated plot tied to the Strauss-Kahn scandal, the Libyan war, and the deepening European financial crisis.

Patrick Dempsey and Alessandro Borghi are joined by a global ensemble cast of film and TV stars including Laia Costa, Malachi Kirby, Kasia Smutniak, Natalie Rapti Gomez, Lars Mikkelsen, Pia Mechler, Paul Chowdhry, Harry Michell and Sallie Harmsen. Showrunner Nick Hurran and Jan Michelini direct. The series was filmed in Rome and London.