Reporting from JOHOR, Malaysia — At its peak more than 800 years ago, the realm of the Mongols stretched from central Europe to China, from Siberia to the Indian subcontinent, encompassing nearly ...

OK, so we're all watching Marco Polo solely because of the Chinese characters, right, because the only thing that the show really nails is turning the Yuan Dynasty's medieval Chinese empire into a ...

Marco Polo premieres this Friday, December 12 on Netflix. While the sprawling series attempts to push us into a new era for streaming, it also takes us back to one of the most exciting times in human ...

Ahmad, the chief antagonist of “Marco Polo” season 2 on Netflix, is a great, layered character. At the end of season 1, it was revealed that Ahmad, played by Mahesh Jadu, has been plotting to take ...

Season 1 of Marco Polo brought the famous Italian explorer into the court of emperor Kublai Khan, and wound up earning his respect over the course of the 10 episodes. But according to the Season 2 ...

In December Netflix released an entire season of its original series Marco Polo, perhaps hoping to entice winter’s binge viewers. The show’s big budget reflects big aspirations: Net­flix is reaching ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. "Conquering the world is less an art than ...

If “Marco Polo” has a protagonist at this point — and I’m not saying it does — then it’s probably Kublai Khan. (Don’t bother reminding me what the name of the show is. I’ll just tell you it’s called ...

Marco Polo's instructions are clear enough: "Watch and remember what you see," commands the gouty but still formidable Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong), whose Mongol warrior hordes control most of ...

If “Marco Polo” has a protagonist at this point — and I’m not saying it does — then it’s probably Kublai Khan. (Don’t bother reminding me what the name of the show is. I’ll just tell you it’s called ...