'Imperium': Antena 3 recreates the pomp of the Roman empire in Cinecittà

For the six episodes of the sequel to 'Hispania', Bambú considered filming in Morocco, Bulgaria or Cinecittà (Rome). Finally, the production company opted for the legendary studios where films such as 'La Dolce Vita', 'Ben Hur', 'Quo Vadis' and 'Gladiator' were produced.

Antena 3 premieres the new series this Wednesday's prime-time Imperium, 'spin off' of the successful Spain. Also produced by Bamboo (Gran Reserva, Gran Hotel, White Glove, Hispania…) the network's new fiction once again features the protagonists of Spain, such as Lluís Homar, Pepe Sancho, Nathalie Poza, Jesús Olmedo, Iván Sánchez, Ángela Cremonte or Thais Blume, among others.

For the six episodes of the sequel Spain, Bambú considered filming in Morocco, Bulgaria or Cinecittà (Rome). Finally, after several days of filming in Spain, the production company opted for the legendary studios where films such as The sweet life, Ben How, Whither goest thou y Gladiator and large format series such as Roma. Precisely, part of the team that set the series produced by HBO have collaborated with the Bambú team to launch this ambitious production filmed in the studios located on Vía Tuscolana.

Jacobo Martínez is in charge of the photography direction, using ARRI Alexa cameras supplied by Ovide, Master Prime optics and Alura zooms for filming.

The conquest of Rome

Antena3.com will launch soon The conquest of Rome, an online strategy video game set in the 2nd century BC.

As a novelty in online strategy games, the user will have the option to activate the 'Plus' mode, with which, if attacked, they will be immediately notified via email.

To be able to enjoy the video game you just have to register for free at Laconquistaderoma.com or through the official website antena3.com.

The conquest of Rome contains all the attractions that make the series great, transferred to the computer screen: faithful historical recreation of the Rome of the time and its people, the complicated relationships between its characters and a lot of action that will inspire thousands of players. to recreate this exciting episode of history.

Technical team

Produced by Ramón Campos and Teresa Fernández-Valdés

based on an idea by Ramon Campos

Director
Carlos Sedes / Jorge Torregrosa

Script
Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, Carlos de Pando, Luis F. Gamboa,
M. José Rustarazo, Jorge Lara, Jon Sagalá, Laura Sarmiento and Galder Arriaga

Delegate Producer of Antena 3
Pedro García Caja

Antena 3 Content Delegate
Iñaki González

Director of photography
Jacobo Martínez

Historical advisor
Joaquín Gómez Pantoja

Locker room
Helena Sanchís

Music
Xavier Capellas

Art director
Carlos of Dorremochea

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