(ANSA) - Venice, January 11 - Oscar winning director Paolo
Sorrentino's new TV serial The New Pope was filming in Venice on
Friday.
John Malkovich, playing the pope who takes over when Jude Law
has a heart attack, bade farewell to paparazzi on the Grand
Canal in the latest shoot for the Sky TV production.
The series is the sequel to Sorrentino's hit The Young Pope,
starring Law.
Screening in October-November 2016, it went on to become the
first Italian production to earn an Emmy nomination, snagging
two nods but winning none.
The New Pope filming in Venice
Malkovich salutes paparazzi on Grand Canal