'The Romanoffs' trailer: Matthew Weiner's anthology series unfolds over three continents and seven countries
Amazon Prime's highly-anticipated contemporary anthology series 'The Romanoffs' is set to premiere on Amazon Video in October. Written, directed, produced by Matthew Weiner in what will be his first major undertaking since the critically-acclaimed 'Mad Men', the series has released its second teaser trailer. And, fortunately, it provides a little more insight than the first.
"3 Continents. 7 Countries. 8 Stories. 1 Family?" the trailer announces as audiences get the first look at the star-studded ensemble who will be featuring in the show. As it unspools, we get our first glimpses at many of the characters, each of whom claims to be a descendant of the Romanoffs, a Russian royal family whose members were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. It's also a showcase of Weiner's acerbic wit and is riddled with offhanded jokes and meta references.
