Tom Hiddleston is a 'time detective' in Pompeii docudrama

Tom Hiddleston and executive producer Kevin R. Wright are reuniting for a new television project: Pompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston, a three-part docudrama about how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the city of Pompeii. The series will be out on Disney Plus and Hulu on July 23 and will premiere on National Geographic on July 22.

Hiddleston appears as a "time detective" who "with a twist of his hand [...] journeys back in time, stepping into cinematic scripted sequences following the lives of real Romans caught in Vesuvius’ path." The premise nods to a Loki season 1 moment in which the Asgardian travels to 79 AD to test a theory about time variance and near-apocalyptic events.

The show combines dramatized portrayals of people who lived in Pompeii with findings from archaeologists, historians, geologists, and disaster experts, and it aims to correct misconceptions — especially the idea that the eruption instantly killed everyone.

Italy, Pompeii

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