Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Starz announced Thursday it has acquired the U.S. rights to the limited series Amadeus . It will air the Sky Original series later this year. Will Sharpe plays composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Paul Bettany plays his rival, Antonio Salieri. Gabrielle Creevy plays Mozart's wife, Constanze Weber. The five-episode series is based in the 1979 Peter Shaffer play that also inspired the 1984 film Amadeus . The film won the Best Picture Oscar, Best Actor for F. Murray Abraham as