Mediaset is moving into the international TV arena with a high-end series about Tommaso Buscetta, the first high-ranking member of Cosa Nostra to break the Sicilian Mafia’s oath of silence.
Working-titled “Don Masino” the eight-episode show is being shepherded by prominent producer Pietro Valsecchi through his TaoDue film and TV shingle, which is fully owned by Mediaset.
Valsecchi, who has long been churning out hits on his home turf, has been developing the Buscetta series for six years. He was beaten to the punch by director Marco Bellocchio’s feature film “The Traitor,” the Buscetta biopic that has been a box office draw in Italy after launching from Cannes and is Italy’s Oscar candidate this year.
But this all grist for the Mediaset mill. “It confirms that Buscetta is a powerful character,” said Valsecchi, who adds that the series will be “completely different” because it will cover the...
Working-titled “Don Masino” the eight-episode show is being shepherded by prominent producer Pietro Valsecchi through his TaoDue film and TV shingle, which is fully owned by Mediaset.
Valsecchi, who has long been churning out hits on his home turf, has been developing the Buscetta series for six years. He was beaten to the punch by director Marco Bellocchio’s feature film “The Traitor,” the Buscetta biopic that has been a box office draw in Italy after launching from Cannes and is Italy’s Oscar candidate this year.
But this all grist for the Mediaset mill. “It confirms that Buscetta is a powerful character,” said Valsecchi, who adds that the series will be “completely different” because it will cover the...
- 10/9/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The list of nominees in the fiction categories at the 51st Monte Carlo Television Festival, to be held in June, is as follows: TV Films Best Television Film
Born Without Childbirth (Czech Republic)
Death Of A President (France)
Mademoiselle (France)
Defenseless (Germany)
Kongo (Germany)
Edda Ciano and the Communist Man (Italy)
A School Behind Bars (Japan)
The Goddess of the Toilet (Japan)
Threads of our Hearts (Japan)
It's Me, Grandma (South Korea) Best Director
Filip Renc - Born Without Childbirth (Czech Republic)
Pierre Aknine - Death Of A President (France)
Christian Faure - Mademoiselle (France)
René Heisig - Defenseless (Germany)
Peter Keglevic - Kongo (Germany)
Graziano Diana - Edda Ciano and the Communist Man (Italy)
Makoto Kiyohiro - A School Behind Bars (Japan)
Hajime Takezono - The Goddess of the (more)...
Born Without Childbirth (Czech Republic)
Death Of A President (France)
Mademoiselle (France)
Defenseless (Germany)
Kongo (Germany)
Edda Ciano and the Communist Man (Italy)
A School Behind Bars (Japan)
The Goddess of the Toilet (Japan)
Threads of our Hearts (Japan)
It's Me, Grandma (South Korea) Best Director
Filip Renc - Born Without Childbirth (Czech Republic)
Pierre Aknine - Death Of A President (France)
Christian Faure - Mademoiselle (France)
René Heisig - Defenseless (Germany)
Peter Keglevic - Kongo (Germany)
Graziano Diana - Edda Ciano and the Communist Man (Italy)
Makoto Kiyohiro - A School Behind Bars (Japan)
Hajime Takezono - The Goddess of the (more)...
- 4/20/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
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