Amazon has set a Friday, October 12th premiere date for upcoming Matt Weiner anthology The Romanoffs.
The series will focus on an unconnected group of people who believe themselves to be descendants of the murdered Russian royal family. Each story takes place in a new location with a new cast.
Set to star in The Romanoffs are Diane Lane (The Outsiders), Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Marthe Keller (Marathon Man), Christina Hendricks (Good Girls), John Slattery (Mad Men), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Amanda Peet (Togetherness), Corey Stoll (The Strain), Andrew Rannells (Girls), Mike Doyle (The Invitation), JJ Feild (TURN: Washington’s Spies), Janet Montgomery (Salem), and Paul Reiser (Mad About You).
Guest appearances include Noah Wyle (Falling Skies); Kathryn Hahn (Transparent); Kerry Bishé (Halt and Catch Fire); Jay R. Ferguson (The Real O’Neals); Ben Miles (Collateral); Mary Kay Place (Big Love); Griffin Dunne (Imposters); Cara Buono (Mad Men); Ron Livingston (The Conjuring); Jon Tenney (Hand of God); Clea DuVall (Veep); Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill); Hugh Skinner (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again); Juan Pablo Castañeda (The Debt of Maximillian); Emily Rudd (Electric Dreams); Adele Anderson (Company Business); Annet Mahendru (The Americans); Louise Bourgoin (I Am a Soldier); Hera Hilmar (Two Birds); and Inès Melab (Agathe Koltès).
The Romanoffs joins a scripted slate for Amazon that includes The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Bosch, Sneaky Pete, The Tick, and Patriot. It’s the second anthology set up at the streamer following horror anthology Lore, which will premiere its second season in October.
You can check out a look at The Romanoffs below.
