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‘Sandokan’ Sails Again: Lux Vide Revives the Legendary Pirate, Showcased at Fremantle Presents at the London Screenings


Lux Vide revives "Sandokan" with Can Yaman, blending CGI and real sets for a modern take on the classic pirate tale.

The director Jan Michelini (“The Medici”) in his video village keeps the cameras rolling, and the English dialogue coach, Denise McNee, corrects a pronunciation – “‘ransom,’ not ‘ramson. Following her training at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), Bloor won the part in December and had three months to prepare, arriving in Italy for filming in April: “It was a blessing that I came in at the end. For the first time in Europe, we built a 300-meter panopticon with OLED walls, employed the most sophisticated CGI technologies on the market, and, in Calabria, reconstructed an entire 19th-century consulate along with a tropical harbor full of ships.

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