“Now our series re-assesses this fascinating part of her story.”Īfter the trailer dropped, some Egypt experts objected to Cleopatra’s portrayal in the series.Īnna Nicole Smith gets the documentary treatment starting May 16. “ Cleopatra’s heritage has been the subject of much academic debate, which has often been ignored by Hollywood,” the streamer says. Netflix describes the show, part of executive producer Jada Pinkett Smith’s look at prominent and iconic African queens and narrated by Pinkett Smith, as focusing on “the world’s most famous, powerful and misunderstood woman.”
On the documentary front, Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docuseries, which launched on Wednesday, generated controversy even before its debut for its casting of British actress Adele James, who is of mixed heritage, as Cleopatra. The Niki Caro-directed action movie also stars Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci and Gael Garcia Bernal and was written by Andrea Berloff, Peter Craig and Misha Green. Fewer Stars, Fewer Shows, Fewer CEOs and More Picket Lines as Upfronts WrapĪnd earlier this month, in time for Mother’s Day, Lopez plays an assassin who emerges from hiding to protect a daughter she gave up for adoption years earlier in The Mother, streaming this Friday.
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