The first season of National Geographic's anthology series Genius was as genius as Einstein so we're chomping at the bit for Season 2.
It covers the life and art of Pablo Picasso and National Geographic has announced that Antonio Banderas has been signed to star.
The season will have 10 episodes and will be produced by Fox 21 Television Studios again, producers of Season 1 and the brilliant The People vs OJ: American Crime Story.
Season 1's Ken Biller returns as Showrunner to oversee the new season and Executive Producers include movie and TV producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, whose TV credits include Arrested Development, Friday Night Lights and 24. They EP'd on the first season too.
Here's an overview of Picasso's life and art:
The artistic career of Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso spanned more than 80 of his 91 years, much of it in his second home of France.
Much like the subject of the first season of Genius, Einstein, Picasso imagined and interpreted the world in totally new and unorthodox ways, and constantly reinvented our perceptions of art and creativity.
The prolific artist generated an estimated 50,000 works, among the most notable being The Old Guitarist from his Blue Period, now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago; Guernica, inspired by the Nazi bombing of a small Spanish town of the same name, recently displayed at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain; and Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Picasso’s passionate nature and relentless creative drive were inextricably linked to his personal life, which included tumultuous marriages, numerous affairs and constantly shifting political and personal alliances.
He lived most of his life in the vibrant Paris of the first half of the 20th Century and crossed paths with writers and artists including Coco Chanel, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Gertrude Stein, Georges Braque, and Jean Cocteau.
Picasso constantly reinvented himself, always striving to innovate and push the boundaries of artistic expression.
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We'll keep you posted on the premiere date - it's going to be in 2018.