Devils
Italian	Diavoli
Genre	Drama Financial thriller
Created by	Ezio Abbate Guido Maria Brera Elena Bucaccio Daniele Cesarano Barbara Petronio Mario Ruggeri Alessandro Sermoneta
Based on	Diavoli by Guido Maria Brera [it]
Written by	Ezio Abbate Elena Bucaccio Guido Maria Brera Chris Lunt Mario Ruggeri Alessandro Sermoneta Michael A. Walker
Directed by	Nick Hurran Jan Maria Michelini
Starring	Alessandro Borghi Laia Costa Kasia Smutniak Malachi Kirby Lars Mikkelsen Pia Mechler Paul Chowdhry Sallie Harmsen Harry Michell Patrick Dempsey
Composer	John Paesano
Country of origin	England
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Luca Bernabei Matilde Bernabei Daniele Passani Nils Hartmann Sonia Rovai Sara Melodia Luisa Cotta Ramosino Nick Hurran Ben Harris Christopher Lunt Michael A. Walker
Producer	Luca Bernabei
Production companies	Lux Vide Sky Italia Orange Studio Sky Studios
Original release
Network	Sky Atlantic
Release	17 April 2020 (2020-04-17) – present (present)

Devils (Italian: Diavoli) is a financial thriller drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio, Guido Maria Brera [it], Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate for Lux Vide [it] and Sky Italy. It is based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Brera.^[1][2] Devils is a Lux Vide and Sky Italy production in association with Orange Studio and OCS.

The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy. Ahead of its premiere, Devils was renewed for a second series.^[3]

Plot

London, 2011. Italian trader Massimo Ruggero is the Head of Trading at the New York London Investment Bank (NYL). While the financial crisis is raging in Europe, Massimo is making hundreds of millions for NYL out of speculation.

As his mentor Dominic Morgan, the American CEO of NYL and the nearest to a father that Massimo has ever had, fully supports him, the talented trader seems to be the first choice in the run for vice-CEO. However, when Massimo is involved in a painful scandal that sees his estranged wife playing an escort, Dominic denies him the promotion, choosing the old-school banker Edward Stuart instead.

Massimo is left astounded – his mentor turned his back on him. Convinced that the scandal was a set-up, Massimo is determined to seek the truth but when Edward suddenly dies, Massimo realizes that something bigger is at stake.

With the help of his trading team and a group of hacktivists, Massimo will discover the hidden agenda behind apparently unrelated events, such as the Strauss-Kahn scandal, the Libyan Civil War, and the crisis of the PIIGS.

Facing the devils who pull the strings of the world, Massimo will have to choose whether to fight them or to join them.

Cast and characters

Main

• Alessandro Borghi^[1] as Massimo Ruggero
• Laia Costa^[1] as Sofia Flores
• Kasia Smutniak as Nina Morgan
• Malachi Kirby^[1] as Oliver Harris
• Lars Mikkelsen as Daniel Duval
• Pia Mechler^[1] as Eleanor Bourg
• Paul Chowdhry^[1] as Kalim Chowdrey
• Sallie Harmsen^[1] as Carrie Price
• Harry Michell^[1] as Paul McGuinnan
• Patrick Dempsey^[1][4] as Dominic Morgan

Recurring

• Ben Miles^[5] as Edward Stuart
• Nathalie Rapti Gomez as Kate Baker
• Jemma Powell as Claire Stuart
• Lorna Brown as Vicky Bale
• Maximilian Dirr as Karl Haufman
• Tom McKay as Chris Bailey
• Anthony Souter as BBC reporter
• Chris Reilly as Alex Vance
• Christina Andrea Rosamilia^[1] as a transgender person

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2022)

Distribution

The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy,^[11] 18 April 2020 on OCS in France,^[12] 16 September 2020 on W Network in Canada,^[13] and 7 October 2020 on The CW in the United States.^[14][15]