Season 1

**Season 1** is the first season of *Blood & Treasure* which aired on CBS
from May 21, 2019 - August 6, 2019. On June 26th, 2019, it was announced the series had been renewed for a second season.

## Synopsis

*An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.*

## Cast

### Main

* Matt Barr as Danny McNamara
* Sofia Pernas as Lexi Vaziri
* James Callis as Simon Hardwick
* Katia Winter as Gwen Karlsson
* Michael James Shaw as Aiden Shaw
* Oded Fehr as Karim Farouk
* Alicia Coppola as Dr. Ana Castillo
* Mark Gagliardi as Father Chuck Donnelly

### Recurring

* Antonio Cupo as Captain Bruno Fabi
* Ali Hassan as Taj bin Yuse
* Anna Silk as Roarke

## Gallery

### Videos

Blood & Treasure Season 1 Trailer - Rotten Tomatoes TVBlood & Treasure PromoBlood & Treasure - Cast from CBS - Talks at GoogleBlood & TreasureNew CBS Show 'Blood & Treasure' A Fun, Globe-Trotting Adventure'Blood & Treasure' Star Finds Her Role Is A True GiftBlood and Treasure The Curse of Cleopatra Parts I and II Sneak PeekBlood and Treasure - 1x01 - 1x02 Sneak Peek Clip 2 "The Curse of Cleopatra - Parts I and II"Blood & Treasure 1x03 Sneak Peek Clip 1 "Code of the Hawaladar"Blood & Treasure 1x03 Sneak Peek Clip 2 "Code of the Hawaladar"Blood and Treasure 1x03 Promo "Code of the Hawaladar" PreviewBlood and Treasure 1x04 Sneak Peek 1 "The Secret of Macho"Blood and Treasure 1x04 Sneak Peek 2 "The Secret of Macho"Blood and Treasure 1x04 Promo "The Secret of Macho Grande"Blood and Treasure 1x04 Sneak Peek 4 "The Secret of Macho"Blood and Treasure 1x04 Sneak Peek 5 "The Secret of Macho"Blood and Treasure 1x10 Promo "The Wages of Vengeance"Blood and Treasure 1x12 Promo "Legacy of the Father"Blood & Treasure New PromoBlood and Treasure 1x13 Sneak Peek Clip 1 "The Revenge of Farouk" Season FinaleBlood and Treasure 1x13 Sneak Peek Clip 2 "The Revenge of Farouk" Season Finale
## Production

### Development

On November 30, 2017, it was announced that CBS had given a series order to *Blood & Treasure*, a new television series created and written by Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia. The series order was reportedly for a first season of thirteen episodes in which Federman and Scaia will also executive produce alongside Taylor Elmore, Ben Silverman, Marc Webb, and Mark Vlasic. Webb is also set to direct the series as well. Production companies involved in the series included CBS Television Studios. On March 26, 2019, it was announced that the series is set to premiere on May 21, 2019.

### Casting

On March 12, 2018, it was announced that Katia Winter, Michael James Shaw, and James Callis had been cast in series regular roles. On May 18, 2018, it was reported that Sofia Pernas had joined the main cast in the lead female role. On June 15, 2018, it was announced that Matt Barr had been cast in the series' lead male role. On July 25, 2018, it was reported that Alicia Coppola had joined the main cast. On August 28, 2018, it was announced that Anna Silk had been cast in a recurring role.

### Filming

Principal photography for the first season took place in the summer of 2018 in Montreal, Canada, Rome, Turin, Venice, Italy, Gressoney Saint-Jean, Vatican City, Marrakesh, and Tangier, Morocco.

The museum seen in the season finale "The Revenge of Farouk" was previously used as a set in the series premiere "The Curse of Cleopatra, as well as the fourth episode "The Secret of Macho Grande" for the Nazi Lab.

## Trivia

* On June 11th, 2019, it was confirmed that the Serapis medallion very differently but the art department's research showed the semi-translucent material is more of what it would have been made out of at the time. Then they decided to backlight all of them for a cool effect.
* On July 2, 2019, it was revealed that some locations around North Africa (i.e. particularly Tangier, Morocco), along with help from the production design team doubled as Cuba.
* On July 30, 2019, Stephen Scaia revealed that Montreal, Canada was used as location to emulate Paris, France.
* As of May 17, 2022, Season 1 is available on Blueray to purchase for $39.99 USD.

## External Links

* Blood & Treasure Season 1 on the Internet Movie Database
* Blood & Treasure (CBS) (@bloodandtreasure) on Instagram
* Blood & Treasure on Wikipedia
* Blood & Treasure CBS (@TreasurePPlus) on Twitter
* Watch *Blood & Treasure* on Paramount+

## References

1. ↑ ‘Blood & Treasure’ Renewed For Season 2 by CBS - Deadline
2. ↑ CBS Gives Straight-to-Series Order to Summer Adventure Series ‘Blood and Treasure’ - Variety
3. ↑ ‘Blood and Treasure’ Drama From ‘Limitless’ Team Goes Straight to Series at CBS - Hollywood Reporter
4. ↑ Action-Adventure Series Blood & Treasure Coming To CBS Summer 2019 - CBS
5. ↑ ‘Elementary’, ‘Instinct’, New ‘Blood & Treasure’ Get CBS Premiere Dates - Deadline
6. ↑ ‘Blood & Treasure’: Katia Winter, Michael James Shaw & James Callis Join CBS’ Action-Adventure Series - Deadline
7. ↑ ‘Blood & Treasure’: Sofia Pernas Cast As Female Lead In CBS Action Summer Series - Deadline
8. ↑ ‘Blood & Treasure’: Matt Barr To Star In CBS Action Summer Series - Deadline
9. ↑ ‘Blood & Treasure’: Alicia Coppola Joins As Series Regular In CBS Action Summer Series - Deadline
10. ↑ ‘Blood & Treasure’: Anna Silk To Recur In CBS Action Summer Series - Deadline
11. ↑ Behind The Scenes: The Making Of Action-Adventure TV Series Blood & Treasure - CBS
12. ↑ “Blood & Treasure”, for the Canadian TV series, casting starts in the Valley - Aostasera
13. ↑ Stephen Scaia Aug 6, 2019 Tweet - Twitter
14. ↑ Matthew Federman June 11th, 2019 Tweet - Twitter
15. ↑ Stephen Scaia July 2, 2019 Tweet - Twitter
16. ↑ Stephen July 30, 2019 Tweet - Twitter
17. ↑ Blood and Treasure: Season One Blueray - Amazon