Sundance Now preps Sky original series Riviera
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Michelle Clancy
| 25 August 2017

AMC Networks’ premium video streaming service Sundance Now will premiere Sky's original series, Riviera, on 14 September.

The ten-part thriller, set in the south of France, follows Georgina (Julia Stiles), newly married to billionaire Constantine Clios who is killed in a yacht explosion. She is shocked to discover the fortune that maintained his immaculate, ever-so-tasteful lifestyle is tainted with dishonesty, double-dealing, crime and ultimately murder.

Helped by Constantine’s first wife, Georgina undergoes an education in lying, double-dealing, outright theft and shocking criminality. She has to learn fast to maintain the Clios mansion and save the family from its enemies and from itself. Hiding her bloodstained fingers inside Chanel gloves, she soon reveals herself to be an A-plus student in the brutal art of survival.

A Sky original production, the first episode of the drama drew 1.2 million viewers live and on-demand when first shown in the UK, making it the biggest launch on Sky Atlantic in 2017.

In addition to Stiles, the Sundance Now series brings together an international cast including Lena Olin (Chocolate), Adrian Lester (Hustle), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) and Phil Davis (Poldark).

Riviera is also executive produced by Neil Jordan, Liza Marshall (Red Riding Trilogy, Taboo), Kris Thykier (Kickass, Woman in Gold) and former U2 manager Paul McGuinness.