Rueben's Ramblings

The Netflix drama Marco Polo will debut online on December 12.

The series is set in China in the 1200s, in a world replete with astonishing martial arts, sexual intrigue, political skullduggery and spectacular battles.

The cast includes Italian newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong (Prometheus), Zhu Zhu (Cloud Atlas), Tom Wu (Skyfall), Remy Hii (Treading Water) and Rick Yune (Olympus Has Fallen).