Alba Rohrwacher, Toni Servillo, Silvio Orlando set for Prison Drama from Italy’s Tempesta Film (EXCLUSIVE)

“Made in Italy,” a drama about the importance of family, isn’t one of the worst movies of the year, but it has to be the most disappointing. Starring Liam Neeson and his son, Micheal Richardson, it’s based partly on the two reeling from the loss of Natasha Richardson (who died in a skiing accident in 2009), and partly on director James D’Arcy’s experience losing his father at an early age.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAmka Films, the Swiss indie shingle founded by prominent producer Tiziana Soudani – who sadly passed away in January – is carrying on its activities under a trio of women led by her daughter Amel Soudani.The company is known for its involvement in prizewinning films by prominent directors from nearby Italy, such as Alice Rohrwacher (“The Wonders”), Silvio Soldini (“Bread and Tulips) and Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo (“Bad Tales”) as well as by emerging

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentBindu de Stoppani, the India-born but Switzerland-raised multi-hyphenate who directed Swiss films “Jump” and “Finding Camille,” is set to direct her third feature, a female-driven dramedy titled “40 & Climbing” set in an Alpine valley and featuring a strong Italian cast.Italy’ s Anna Ferzetti, tapped this year as Venice Film Festival MC – after scooping multiple local prizes for her role in dramedy “Domani è un altro giorno” – is set to star in “40”

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLeone Film Group’s Lotus Production shingle is setting up Lotus Factory, a new unit for high-profile genre projects out of Italy made for the international market.These currently include a live action TV series in development on the origins of Santa Clause, for which Lotus chief Marco Belardi has recruited top U.S.

Animation powerhouse Pixar has unveiled its next feature, Italy-setLuca, to be directed by Enrico Casarosa, writer and director of the studio's 2012 Academy Award-nominated animated short La Luna. Walt Disney said Luca, which will be produced by Andrea Warren (Lava, Cars 3),is set to open in U.S.

Pixar has announced details of its next animated film release, a coming-of-age tale called Luca set in the Italian Riviera.

What’s Pixar Animation Studios up to these days? Well, apart from waiting for the right available theatrical window to unveil their jazz movie“Soul,” currently due November 2020, but who knows if that sticks given the COVID-19 shifts, they have four more mystery films on the docket with various release dates between 2021 and 2023.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterPixar Animation Studios has dated its Italy-set coming of age story Luca for a U.S. bow on June 18, 2021.

At the start of July, the news broke out that Song Joong-ki has narrowed down on his next K-drama. Titled Vincenzo, the storyline centers on Vincenzo Cassano, an Italian lawyer who is also a mafia consigliere.

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Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn a first for an Italian movie in over a decade, Daniele Luchetti’s Lacci has been set to open the Venice Film Festival’s 77th edition on September 2. The drama is based on the novel by Domenico Starnone and stars Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini and Linda Cadri.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Venice Film Festival is set to open with Daniele Luchetti’s “Lacci.”The Naples-set film, which will play out of competition, stars Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini and Linda Caridi.“Recently, we have all feared that cinema might become extinct,” said Luchetti. “Yet during the quarantine it gave us comfort, like a light gleaming in a cavern.

It’s been almost four years since Orlando Bloom went viral with his nude paddle-boarding photos while vacationing in Italy with now-fiancee Katy Perry, and people are still talking about it. But Katy finally addressed the photos in a recent interview with Howard Stern on his show The Howard Stern Show.

UK was omitted from the country’s list of destinations for safe travel.

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