'The Young Pope' release date, spoilers news: Show features an unconventional Pope who struggles with celibacy

HBO will be having a new series called "The Young Pope," and Jude Law will play as the titular character who becomes the youngest Pope in history at age 47. Law's Pope will be a modern and unconventional one that struggles to maintain his celibacy.

HBO recently announced what shows they have in store for 2017, and one of these is "The Young Pope," directed by the Oscar-winning Paolo Sorrentino. The series follows the journey of Lenny Belardo (Jude Law) as he begins to take up the role of Pope.

According to the official synopsis: "He is a complex and conflicted character, so conservative in his choices as to border on obscurantism, yet full of compassion towards the weak and poor. He is a man of great power who is stubbornly resistant to the Vatican courtiers, unconcerned with the implications to his authority. During the series, Belardo will face losing those closest to him and the constant fear of being abandoned, even by his God. He is, however, not afraid of undertaking the millennial mission of defending that same God and the world representing Him."

Belardo will be accompanied by the nun who raised him, Sister Mary — to be played by Diane Keaton — through his journey to the papacy.

The series had initially aired on Sky Atlantic last Oct. 27, and The Sun reported that Belardo is a Cherry Coke Zero breakfast drinker, chain-smoking Pope who struggles to maintain his celibacy.

In the first episode, a flashback of Belardo is shown spending time with a topless woman on the lake. On a later episode, Belardo will spend a private time with a woman named Esther (Ludivine Sagnier) who will let the young Pope feel her stomach up to her chest.

It seems that it will be more difficult for the young Pope to keep his celibacy intact when a lot of attractive women make a move on him.

"The Young Pope" will premiere on Jan. 15 at 9 p.m. EST on HBO.