First Posthumous Ennio Morricone Album, Including 7 Unreleased Tracks, Set for Release – Watch Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

“Here we go again,” Diane Warren says. The Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner has jumped on the phone to discuss “Io sì (Seen)” a beautiful ballad sung by Italian pop star Laura Pausini from Edoardo Ponti’s “The Life Ahead.” A song that also puts her right back in the middle of awards season.

Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Emma Stone and more stars of the 2007 high school comedySuperbad convened on Tuesday during the latest COVID-19 era Hollywood reunion, this one to benefit theDemocratic Party of Wisconsin.

Golden has been confirmed as the fifth single from Harry Styles' latest album Fine Line.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentGaumont’s “Aline, The Voice of Love,” a hotly anticipated film freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion, has already lured key distributors around the world ahead of its theatrical bow in November.“Aline, The Voice of Love” is directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Valerie Lemercier, a self-proclaimed fan of Dion who also headlines the movie and has described it as a tribute to the Quebec-born singer.Gaumont has pre-sold the movie to Italy (Lucky Red),

Variety, Morricone’s son Andrea noted they are “wonderful tracks”.“In general they belong to a very important historical period, because the 1970’s were such a great laboratory,” he said. “I believe that lots of papa’s masterpieces in various ways reflect the energy of that period.” Morricone passed away in July of this year, aged 91.

Dame Shirley Bassey poses wearing a matching mask and sequined gold gown ahead of the release of her first new album in more than five years.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProduction is set to start next week on pan-European TV series “Survivors,” the latest project commissioned by the partnership known as The Alliance between leading European public broadcasters to counter the growing power of Netflix and other streamers.The plan is for cameras to start rolling in Genoa on Oct. 21 on the series revolving around a sailboat that gets destroyed in a fierce storm and disappears.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentOver the years, Francesco Rutelli, who is president of Italy’s Motion Picture Association (ANICA), has been fighting for the country’s film industry in various ways and guises. As mayor of Rome, during the 1990s, he pushed to upgrade the Italian capital’s movie theaters.

Christopher Vourlias “Game of Thrones” co-executive producer Vince Gerardis is setting up a production company in Italy, Variety has learned.The new venture, dubbed CIAO, or Creatività Italiana Americana Organizzata, is the latest move from the Miami-based executive, who specializes in packaging and selling large-scale, world-building film and television projects based on literary properties.Gerardis is in talks with an Italian publisher for a deal that would give CIAO access to a range of

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Match Factory has announced a slew of sales on Italian director Gianfranco Rosi’s “Notturno,” which has been making the rounds at top fests such as Venice, Toronto and New York.The deals were announced as Rome’s Oct.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAhead of the start of Rome’s film and TV market MIA on Wednesday, Variety spoke exclusively to Giancarlo Leone, the head of Italy’s TV producers’ association APA, about the issues producers in Italy face, including COVID production protocols, a drop in TV ad revenue, and establishing new rules of engagement with the streamers.Italy, after being among countries hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, is now among territories coping quite well with the

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBeta Film has closed multiple pre-sales deals on “Atlantic Crossing,” the prestige Norwegian period drama starring Sofia Helin (“The Bridge”) as Crown Princess Märtha, and Kyle MacLachlan (“Twin Peaks”) as U.S. President Franklin D.

Tom Cruise, 58, was spotted appearing relaxed and happy while riding a motorcycle on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 in Rome, Italy on Oct. 10. The talented actor waved and smiled at one point as he passed by on the vehicle while wearing a gray vest over a lighter button-down shirt and tie and matching gray pants. His short dark hair was also partially swept back and he truly looked half his age during the sighting!

Famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has released a new track off his upcoming album, Believe.

“The Truffle Hunters” takes viewers deep in the forests of Northern Italy to watch as elderly men and their indispensable dogs participate in the tradition of sniffing out the elusive white Alba truffle. Beloved by gourmet chefs, the truffle’s rarity drives prices sky-high, even as the subjects of the film maintain the old ways of hunting, free of technology, relying on their own memories and a cranky sense of secrecy.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s MIA market, the growing showcase for international TV series, feature films and documentaries, is on track to hold its sixth edition both physically and online on Oct.14-18 in the Italian capital.