Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio and FremantleMedia Italy are in advanced development on a limited TV series about the 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists.
The veteran helmer, who previously recounted Moro’s still-mysterious abduction in the 2005 film “Goodmorning, Night” from the viewpoint of one of his captors, will take a different narrative approach in the series. The show is titled “Esterno, Notte” in Italian, which translates as “Exterior, Night.”
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Moro kidnapping, which ended tragically with the Christian Democrat politician’s bullet-riddled body found in the trunk of a parked car in downtown Rome. Italy reeled from the killing.
The six one-hour episodes will reconstruct the 55 days of Moro’s imprisonment “with each episode narrating the 1978 tragedy from a different point of view,” said FremantleMedia Italy chief Lorenzo Mieli. He added that, unlike the movie,...
The veteran helmer, who previously recounted Moro’s still-mysterious abduction in the 2005 film “Goodmorning, Night” from the viewpoint of one of his captors, will take a different narrative approach in the series. The show is titled “Esterno, Notte” in Italian, which translates as “Exterior, Night.”
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Moro kidnapping, which ended tragically with the Christian Democrat politician’s bullet-riddled body found in the trunk of a parked car in downtown Rome. Italy reeled from the killing.
The six one-hour episodes will reconstruct the 55 days of Moro’s imprisonment “with each episode narrating the 1978 tragedy from a different point of view,” said FremantleMedia Italy chief Lorenzo Mieli. He added that, unlike the movie,...
- 4/10/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
“Gomorrah,” an Italian crime series imported by SundanceTV after finding much success overseas, is largely set at night. That darkness may be the first — and possibly most significant — change that fans of the 2008 film notice.
Matteo Garrone’s original feature used light to boldly depict the violence overwhelming his home country. But the series from Leonardo Fasoli, Giovanni Bianconi, Stefano Bises, Ludovica Rampoldi and Roberto Saviano (yes, they’re all credited as creators) uses shadows to its advantage, providing stark contrast between the hidden lifestyle of a mafia family and the stark realities of its results.
It’s not the only change from the Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner, but the shift affects more than just the challenge of watching in daylight. The serialized take on “Gomorrah” — which has aired two seasons already in Italy, with two more on the way — feels like a much more straightforward crime story; one...
Matteo Garrone’s original feature used light to boldly depict the violence overwhelming his home country. But the series from Leonardo Fasoli, Giovanni Bianconi, Stefano Bises, Ludovica Rampoldi and Roberto Saviano (yes, they’re all credited as creators) uses shadows to its advantage, providing stark contrast between the hidden lifestyle of a mafia family and the stark realities of its results.
It’s not the only change from the Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner, but the shift affects more than just the challenge of watching in daylight. The serialized take on “Gomorrah” — which has aired two seasons already in Italy, with two more on the way — feels like a much more straightforward crime story; one...
- 8/24/2016
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
The first series of the Italian crime drama will be broadcast in summer 2016.
Us network SundanceTV has picked up the first two series of Gomorrah, the popular Italian crime drama, from the Weinstein Company.
Based on the best-selling book by journalist Roberto Saviano, which also inspired the film of the same title, the first 12-episode series will premiere on the network in summer 2016.
Originally broadcast on Sky Italia, Gomorrah attracted 1.2m viewers per episode in its native Italy. Beta Cinema has since sold the title into more than 30 territories.
Series two is set to premiere in Italy in March this year.
The story focuses on the inner-workings of the Camorra, the infamous Neapolitan crime syndicate.
Giovanni Bianconi, Leonardo Fasoli, Ludovica Rampoldi, Roberto Saviano and Stefano Bises developed the concept for television, with the latter also writing the series. Stefano Sollima, Francesca Comencini and Claudio Cupellini were directors.
Producers are Sky Atlantic, Cattleya and Fandango...
Us network SundanceTV has picked up the first two series of Gomorrah, the popular Italian crime drama, from the Weinstein Company.
Based on the best-selling book by journalist Roberto Saviano, which also inspired the film of the same title, the first 12-episode series will premiere on the network in summer 2016.
Originally broadcast on Sky Italia, Gomorrah attracted 1.2m viewers per episode in its native Italy. Beta Cinema has since sold the title into more than 30 territories.
Series two is set to premiere in Italy in March this year.
The story focuses on the inner-workings of the Camorra, the infamous Neapolitan crime syndicate.
Giovanni Bianconi, Leonardo Fasoli, Ludovica Rampoldi, Roberto Saviano and Stefano Bises developed the concept for television, with the latter also writing the series. Stefano Sollima, Francesca Comencini and Claudio Cupellini were directors.
Producers are Sky Atlantic, Cattleya and Fandango...
- 3/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
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