--- title: Young Pope: Watch Jude Law and Diane Keaton in Trailer VIDEO description: Law stars as an enigmatic Vatican ruler in the new trailer for 'The Young Pope,' a television mini-series directed by Paolo Sorrentino. canonical: https://time.com/4517016/young-pope-trailer/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T20:41:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:15.563Z og:title: Take a First Look at Jude Law As a Devious 'Young Pope' og:description: 'The Young Pope' will air on HBO in 2017, starring Law as an enigmatic ruler. og:url: https://time.com/4517016/young-pope-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Take a First Look at Jude Law As a Devious 'Young Pope' twitter:description: 'The Young Pope' will air on HBO in 2017, starring Law as an enigmatic ruler. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Take a First Look at Jude Law As a Wickedly Devious _Young Pope_ > Sponsored content. 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Directed by [Oscar-winning Paolo Sorrentino](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/15/the-great-beauty-sorrentinos-la-dolce-vita-2-0/?iid=sr-link1), this version of the Vatican’s head of state is no benevolent, forward-thinking, [conciliatory Pope Francis](http://time.com/22675/francis-a-pope-that-millennials-can-love/?iid=sr-link3); Law may look like a charming movie star, but this Pius XIII is a loose cannon with a sinister streak. (“Revolution” is on his mind, as the short teaser trailer tells us.) “I am a contradiction. Like Mary, virginal mother; like man, good and evil. I’m God,” Law intones. He’s joined onscreen by a quick cut to Diane Keaton as a stoic nun. [Early reviews of the ten-episode mini-series](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/03/the-young-pope-review-jude-laws-sleek-pontiff-shines-in-sorrentinos-twin-peaks), with its lush framing and cinematic scope, have been positive. It will air in Italy, France, and the UK this fall, before becoming available on HBO stateside in early 2017\. 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