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Hieroglyph is an up coming American television series created by Travis Beacham, who will write and executively produce the show along with Katherine Pope, Peter Chernin and Miguel Sapochnik (Who will direct the first episode). The series will be produced by 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment.

Synopsis
"A notorious thief is plucked from prison to serve a Pharaoh who is obsessed with maintaining power, whilst having to navigate palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and a few divine sorcerers!"

Cast

 * Max Brown as Ambrose - A well renowned thief who has been released from prison to serve the Pharaoh. But keeping his job and his life will be treacherous, as there are unsavory characters lurking around every corner.


 * Reece Ritchie as Shai - a young pharaoh who rules ancient Egypt with an iron fist who trusts no one.
 * John Rhys-Davies as Vocifer - the former mentor of Ambrose who was a well-known thief himself in his prime.


 * Condola Rashad as Nefertari - the Pharaoh’s half-sister with a rare beauty that intimidates even the strongest of suitors.


 * Kelsey Chow as Lotus Tenry - a young and tough concubine of a more grounded allure than her fellow concubines, who is acting as a spy.

Development
On October 17, 2013 20th Century Fox TV announced that it had dropped the pilot stage for Hieroglyph and would straight away commit to a 13 episode season. The series will be filming in New Mexico at the Albuquerque Studios. Kevin Reilly for Fox Entertainment has stated that,“We wanted to do a show about deceit, sex, intrigue in the court and fantastical goings on – no better place to set that than ancient Egypt.